Smith and Roberson's Business Law 16th Edition by Richard Mann,Barry Roberts

Exercise 15

Green Grocery Company employed Jones as its manager. Jones was given authority by Green to purchase supplies and goods for resale and had conducted business for several years with Brown Distributing Company. Although her purchases previously had been limited to groceries, Jones contacted Brown and had it deliver a color television set to her house, informing Brown the set was to be used in promotional advertising to increase Green's business. The advertising did not develop, and Jones disappeared from the area, taking the television set with her. Brown now seeks to recover the purchase price of the set from Green. Will Brown prevail? Explain.