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Title: Foley v. Smith
Author : United States Supreme Court
Release Date : January 01, 1867
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 49 KB

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Mr. Miles Taylor, for Foley & Co., plaintiffs in error: Mrs. Smith, by her own act, authorized and enabled the Bank of Kentucky to act as the owner of the note, without disclosing the fact that it was an agent; and in point of fact F. & Co. dealt with the bank in the character of a principal, and without having any reason whatever to suppose that it was not so in reality. Mrs. Smith is therefore liable, upon the principle, that of two innocent parties, the one shall suffer who, by his agent, causes the injury, and will in all such cases receive the least harm.1 * Mr. Durant, contra.