Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Shreveport Cotton Oil Co.

Citations

• 111 La. 387
• 35 So. 610
• 1903 La. LEXIS 543

Syllabus

<p>SALE—AUTHORITY OP BROKER—SECRET INSTRUCTIONS.</p> <p>1. A broker exhibited to plaintiffs a telegram from defendants expressly authorizing him to sell for them 10 tanks of oil of a certain grade, and plaintiffs in good faith bought the oil. Defendants claim that before sending the telegram they had expressly instructed the broker to sell oil of a lower grade than that specified in the telegram. Held that, in dealing with the broker, plaintiff did not have to look beyond the telegram; that defendants, having held out the broker as having authority to make the sale, are bound by his act, notwithstanding any secret instructions they may have given him.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>