Dunlap v. Gooding & Elliott

Citations

• 22 S.C. 548
• 1885 S.C. LEXIS 49

Syllabus

<p>Where a mother allows her son to hold a mare out to the world as his property, and he sells it as his own to a stranger, who, in payment, drew an order on defendants, and they give to the son therefor a due bill payable to himself which was declared to be not transferriblo, the defendants are affected by the conduct of the mother, and in action by her on the due bill, she is estopped from denying the son’s ownership, and the defendants may interpose as defences discounts against the payee and payments to him.</p>