13 S.D. 23 | S.D. | 1900
The plaintiff, who owned a threshing machine, employed T. E. Hunt to sell it. Hunt sold it for $200, receiving two notes of $100 each. One of these he sold to defendant for $90, and deposited the other in plaintiffs name. Upon demand, defendant surrendered the note on deposit, but refused to surrender the one it purchased, and this action was brought to recover its value The court by whom the action, was tried, without a jury, found that Hunt was autborizéd to sell the note. The finding cannot be disturbed. It is only when this court is satisfied that there is a clear preponderance of the evidence against the findings of the trial court or referee that the decision will be reversed on the ground of insufficiency of evidence. Randall v. Burk Tp., 4 S. D. 337, 57 N. W. 4. In this case, we think, the preponderance is in favor of the finding.