Estes v. Jones

Citations

• 119 Miss. 142
• 80 So. 526

Syllabus

<p>1. Principal and Agent. Undisclosed agency. Liability 0† agent. Where an agent makes a contract without disclosing the fact that</p> <p>he is acting as agent, he is personally bound.</p> <p>2. Master a^d Servant. Wrongful discharge. Change of contract. While it is ordinarily true that a manager would have to follow</p> <p>the directions of his employer in managing the place, where such directions and instructions are reasonable, yet the parties may, by the express terms of the contract, so agree as to divest the owner or employer of the right to direct and control the manager.</p> <p>3. Same.</p> <p>It is competent for the parties to contract so as to give the manager the exclusive right to determine what shall be done and who shall be employed and who discharged, and if the parties do so contract, the employer cannot without the consent of the manager, change or alter the contract so made.</p> <p>4. Appeal and Error. Finding of jury on conflicting evidence. Review.</p> <p>The supreme court, on appeal, will not disturb the finding of the jury on conflicting evidence.</p>