Dreyfus v. Goss

Citations

• 67 Kan. 57
• 72 P. 537
• 1903 Kan. LEXIS 206

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Principal and Agent— When Principal is Bound. The principal of a sales agent will be bound by the representations and acts of the agent within the apparent scope of his authority, where the person with whom such agent deals on behalf of his principal has no knowledge of any limitations upon the authority of the agent.</p> <p>1. -Authority to Make Warranty. A sales agent entrusted with samples of goods by his principal for the purpose of enabling him to make sales of such goods is thereby given apparent authority to warrant, on behalf of his principal, that the goods so sold shall be of a character and quality like the samples exhibited.</p> <p>3. Intoxicating Liquors — Recovery of Price. One cannot recover the price of intoxicating liquors illegally sold in Kansas.</p> <p>A Principal and Agent-i-Authority to Collect. An agent having power to sell is not thereby clothed with apparent power to collect the price of the thing sold.</p>