Maxey v. Heckethorn

Citations

• 44 Ill. 437

Syllabus

<p>1. Evidence — authority to act as the agent of another — cannot be proven by the testimony of the parrty claiming it—uncorroborated. A party claiming that he had authority to act as the agent of another in a particular transaction, cannot establish such agency by his own uncorroborated testimony.</p> <p>2. Same—of agency—concerning acts of recognition by the principal in former cases — must have been known to the vendor at time of sale. Proof of the fact, that á person had on former occasions recognized another as his agent in making purchases for him, is not sufficient to charge him for a purchase afterward made by such person, claiming to act as his agent, without proof that at the time of such subsequent purchase the vendor was cognizant of such former acts of recognition.</p>