Seattle Shoe Co. v. Packard

Citations

• 43 Wash. 527
• 86 P. 845
• 1906 Wash. LEXIS 742

Syllabus

<p>Principal and Agent — Authority—Evidence—Drafts on Principal. The fact that a commercial traveler had drawn drafts on his principal during a period of years, and that such drafts had been honored, does not establish his authority to bind his principal in that way for advances, especially where such advances had been made and the drafts cashed largely on his own personal credit; since a commercial traveler’s authority extends only to the soliciting of orders.</p> <p>Bills and Notes — Drafts — Liability of Drawee Before Acceptance. Under the negotiable instrument law, Laws 1899, p. 340, et seq., providing that no person shall be liable on an instrument whose name does not appear thereon, a firm upon whom a draft is drawn by its commercial traveler is not liable thereon before ac. ceptance by reason of any custom iu previous years to honor such drafts.</p>