Messrs Sturrock and Stewart v William Porter, Merchant St Petersburgh, and Alexander Ogilvie, Merchant Leith, His Attorney: HL 27 Mar 1786

Factor – Sale – Notice. – Held, where a foreign merchant was commissioned to purchase flax for a merchant in Dundee, that the former was not liable for the loss of the flax by fire, which he had purchased, though he had not intimated the purchase to his employer; the flax being only part of the quantity ordered, and was put into a store, waiting the arrival of a vessel to take it to Dundee.

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[1786] UKHL 3 – Paton – 45

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Updated: 23 March 2022; Ref: scu.581011