Madho Row Chinto Punt Golay (And After His Death, His Brother, Eswunt Row Chinto Punt) v Bhookun-Das Boolaki-Das: 8 Feb 1837

A party resident at Baroda indorsed two Hoondies, or Bills of Exchange, in the name of a firm carrying on the business of banking at Surat, alleging himself to be the Gomashtah or Agent of the firm, and afterwards, on the Bills being dishonoured, absconded.
Held: that in order to fix the firm at Surat with the amount of the Bills, clear evidence ought to have been produced of the authority to act as Gomashtah, and their Lordships not Being satisfied with the evidence admitted in the Courts below, reversed the decrees of both the Zillah and the Sudder Courts with costs.

[1837] EngR 491, (1837) 1 Moo Ind App 351, (1837) 18 ER 143
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Updated: 17 November 2021; Ref: scu.313608