Cripple Creek Tunnel, Transportation & Mining Co. v. Marshall , 41 Colo. 126 ( 1907 )

Mr. Justice Goddard

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an action to recover for work and labor performed by plaintiff’s intestate and three others for the-appellant, defendant below, in what is known as the Standard Tunnel upon the property of the appellant. The services were performed during the months of August, September and October, A. D. 1898, under an employment by one E. L. White, and consisted in running a drift in said tunnel, and work upon the machinery, track, and other property belonging to the company.

The ground upon which appellant relies to escape liability is that White was not authorized to employ the men in behalf of the company to do this work at the time they were employed, although he was theretofore the authorized and acting representative of the company in the management of its property, claiming that his agency was terminated in the month of February preceding.

The evidence as to when his agency terminated is conflicting. Mr. Wallace, the president of the company, testified that in February, 1898, he, White, was discharged by the company. Mr. White testified that he was not discharged at that time but that he continued to act as agent in the management of, and was in charge of the company’s property, as its agent, during the months aforesaid and until December, 1898.

There is evidence tending to corroborate Mr. White’s testimony. In these circumstances the finding of the court below must be accepted by us as conclusive upon this controlling question of fact, and its judgment must be affirmed. Affirmed.

Chiee Justice Steele and Mr. Justice Bailey concur.