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175 Ill. App. 394

Poe v. Pevsner

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 3, 1912

Appellate Court of Illinois · decided 1912-12-03

<p>Parent and child—liability of parent for goods obtained by child. Where a son obtains rings from a dealer, a postal card message sent to the dealer by the father that he had sold the rings and would make it good, establishes the father’s liability, irrespective of a question of the agency of the son in procuring them.</p>

Affirmed · Decided 1912-12-03

Mr. Justice Barnes

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2In this case plaintiff recovered a judgment against defendant for the value of two rings delivered to the latter’s son. The sole question argued is that the evidence does not establish the agency of the son to procure them. Inasmuch as it appears from the record that the defendant, a few days after the rings were obtained, sent a postal card to the plaintiff saying, “Tour two rings I sold to Charlie Hertenstein for $350, an'd I will make it good,” he is in no position to claim that he did not authorize his son to get them. This evidence not having been denied it alone justified the court’s finding of liability, and, therefore, the question of agency becomes academic and need not be considered.

¶3The judgment is affirmed.

¶4Affirmed.

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