Scull v. Skillton’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““The plaintiff sought to recover judgment for certain goods (groceries) alleged to have been sold and delivered t>y him to the defendant for the supply of the Hotel Champlaine, at Atlantic City, during the summer season of 1899. The plaintiff’s evidence did not show that any contract of purchase of the goods in question was ever made by the defendant; nor that the articles had been delivered to her; nor that she received the benefit or use of any of the goods; but did show that the goods had been contracted for by a certain Mrs. Gault and had been delivered to her at the hotel above named, of which she claimed to be the manager. The plaintiff’s effort was to prove that this third person, by wnom the goods were contracted for, was an agent or manager for the defendant in the carrying on or Tunning’ (as all the parties seemed to have termed it) the Hotel Champlaine, where the goods were delivered and used. The plaintiff was, of course, bound to show that the defendant was the real principal in the transaction and, therefore, was liable for the goods so sold and delivered. Whether the defendant was the principal or proprietor or not in the running of this hotel was the subject of controversy under the evidence. There was no proof of an express agency from the defendant to Mrs. Gault to charge the former for the debts of the latter; but one was sought to he implied from the circumstance of the alleged running of the hotel by the defendant. All this was, of course, for the jury”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Heckel v. Cranford Golf Club