UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD v. LAMBERT BROS., LTD.

(1931) 41 Ll L Rep 216

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Branson.

Principal and agent - Account - Defendants acting as agents for steamships belonging to G company - Sum paid by G company to defendants for disbursements in connection with steamship A - Claim by plaintiffs (as G company's principals) for balance - Claim admitted by defendants, subject to counterclaim to set off amounts paid by them in respect of steamships B and C also owned by the G company - Relationship between parties - Whether defendants knew, when amounts paid in respect of steamships B and C, that G company were plaintiffs' agents - Constructive notice - Estoppel -