Schlapbach v. Richmond &c. Railroad

Citations

• 35 S.C. 517
• 15 S.E. 241
• 1892 S.C. LEXIS 204

Syllabus

<p>1. Employment — Agency—Non-Suit.—In action against a railroad company to recover the value of services rendered by plaintiff as a detective, letters and statements of persons and agents of the defendant company not shown to have express or implied authority to employ detectives were inadmissible in evidence against the defendant; and there being no evidence of plaintiff’s employment, a non-suit was proper.</p>