26 La. Ann. 664 | La. | 1874
The plaintiff sues Mrs. M. J. Lewis on a promissory note for $636 31, signed by Mr. Lewis, the husband of the-defendant. The note is subject to a credit of $100. It is alleged and proved that Mrs. Lewis was separatód in property from her husband; that she was the proprietress of the hotel in which the plaintiff' was employed, and that the note was' given for the wages of the plaintiff, as servant in said hotel, and that Mr. Lewis was the agent of Mrs. Lewis, who employed plaintiff, and who had full control and management of the said hotel.
.' These facts do not seem to be seriously denied, but it is alleged that the husband had not express and special authority to give that note,, and she pleaded the prescription of one year against plaintiff’s claim against her for Lis wages. The defense is without equity, and to sustain it would be to enrich the defendant at the expense of the plaintiff,, whose services in her hotel inured to the benefit of the defendant.
It appears that Mr. Lewis was authorized to employ servants for the hotel, to settle with them and to pay their wages; that he had general superintendence and sole control and management of the hotel. This authority, it would seem, included the power to make a note for the wages due to servants employed in the hotel. For “even without gpecific power, the agent can hind his principal by drawing bills and signing notes, when it is necessary to raise funds to carry into effect the main object of the agency.” Perrotin v. Cucullu, 6 La. 500; 8 R. 236; C. C. 3000. See also Leonard v. Hudson, tutor, 12 An. 840, 377; 4 La. 65; 4 An. 250.
The plaintiff continued in her service after the note was given, and he has lived in the town where defendant resides, ever since, and it does not appear that he was ever notified that the giving of said note was unauthorized by her. 11 La. 288; 2 R. 1; 6 R. 284; 2 An. 891.
It is therefore ordered that the judgment appealed from be affirmed with costs of appeal.
Rehearing refused.