Summary
In Loeb v. Hellman (83 N.Y. 602), in speaking of the duty of an agent, FOLGER, J., said: "It is, that the agent is understood to engage for reasonable skill and ordinary diligence, and is liable only for injuries to his principal, growing from a want of that skill and from ordinary negligence. (Leverick v. Meigs, 1 Cow. 645; Lawler v. Keaquick, 1 Johns. Cas. 174.)
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Argued September 27, 1880
Decided November 30, 1880
Francis Lynde Stetson for appellants.
John E. Parsons for respondents.
FOLGER, Ch. J., reads for affirmance.
All concur.
Judgment affirmed.