What is the meaning of the words “ consent” and “consent” to be a mercantile agent?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dalgleish v. I.A.C. Limited, 1977 CanLII 547 (AB QB):
MacKinnon J. also referred to the statement of Channell J. in Oppenheimer v. Frazer & Wyatt, [1907] 1 K.B. 519, reversed in part [1907] 2 K.B. 50, and said: “It is the consent of the owner of the goods to the possession of them by the mercantile agent as a mercantile agent that is the important part of the matter.”
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