181 A.D. 793 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1918
The plaintiff’s claim arises out of an alleged sale to it of Spanish licorice root by the defendant, a resident of London. The transaction was conducted entirely with one Warschauer, and the validity of the attachment sought to be vacated depends upon proof of Warschauer’s agency. There is no competent proof whatever that Warschauer was an agent of the defendant in the transaction. He pretended to be an agent and the situation was such as to lead the plaintiff to believe that he was defendant’s agent, but neither Warschauer’s declarations nor the plaintiff’s belief constitute proof of agency. Even if there were proof of agency, the plaintiff was in a position where, as shown by the affidavit of its president, it could have elected tp hold Warschauer
The order appealed from should be reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and the attachment vacated.
Clarke, P. J., Laughlin, Dowling and Page, JJ., concurred.
Order reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and attachment vacated.