The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1904] AC 11
[HOUSE OF LORDS.]
MOREL BROTHERS & CO., LIMITED APPELLANTS; AND EARL OF WESTMORLAND RESPONDENT.
1903 Nov. 12.
EARL OF HALSBURY L.C., LORD SHAND, LORD DAVEY, and LORD ROBERTSON.
Husband and Wife
— Authority of Wife to pledge Husband's Credit
— Goods supplied on Order of Wife
— Joint Liability
— Presumption arising from Cohabitation
— Principal and Agent
— Alternative Liability
— Election
— Judgment signed against one of two Defendants
— Order XIV., r. 5.