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34 Conn. 274

Pierce v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided August 15, 1867

Supreme Court of Connecticut · decided 1867-08-15

Assdmpsit for cattle sold to the defendants; brought to the superior court in Litchfield county and tried on the general issue closed to the court before Sail, I The court found the following facts and made the finding a part of the record.

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently April 1996

4 state decisions

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Decided 1867-08-15

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McCurdy, J,

¶1In this case the facts appearing in the motion are that the plaintiff sold a yoke of oxen to the defendants, Charles S. Johnson and Charles B. Johnson. The purchasers intended them for said Charles B. and his brother Bennett H. Johnson. But this fact was not disclosed by the purchasers to the plaintiff nor was it known by him. The sale was directly to the defendants and to them alone. They therefore are bound to pay the price as they agreed.

¶2It would be a monstrous principle that a person buying an article in his own name and on his own credit could screen himself from liability for payment upon the ground that he had bought it under a secret understanding that he was the agent of a bankrupt. 1 Swift Dig., 330.

¶3There is nothing erroneous in the judgment.

¶4In this opinion the other judges concurred.

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