Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Edmunds

Citations

• 71 Wash. 98
• 127 P. 587
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 699

Syllabus

<p>Principal and Agent — Wrongful Act of Agent — Liability of Principal. Where a gang of laborers, boarding on a co-operative plan, contracted for and received provisions and supplies, the membership of the gang changing from time to time, and the membership at the time the gang broke up contributed pro rata a sufficient sum to pay for all the supplies, paying the money over to an agent for that purpose, the same amounted to a ratification of the indebtedness by the then members of the gang; and renders them liable therefor, upon the default of their agent, who wrongfully failed to pay over the money contributed.</p>