Thorne v. Peck , 13 Johns. 315 ( 1816 )

per Curiapif

The. verbal order of the. paymaster-générái Was-obligatory on captain Thorne,. who, foiv the ..purpose of pay- . -mg the men, acted merely" as the agent .of the,paymaster-gene- . ral, and subject to his control,- The justice - eyred-in rejecting that evidence, .and the judgment ought to be reversed. . ' ■ •

Judgnient reversed.'