Rigby

The General Electric Company is a corporation and had, at the time of the transactions presently to be mentioned, its main office and place of business at Schenectady, in the state of Hew York; it had also an office at the city of San Francisco in this state in charge of one Thomas Addison, who was its “local or district manager” on the Pacific coast. Said corporation sold merchandise of some sort to a certain railroad company at Los Angeles, California, of which the defendant, T. S. C. Lowe, was president; the goods thus sold were shipped, and bills for the same were rendered to Lowe, from the said San Francisco office. Thereupon Lowe drew his check for the amount of the hills—four hundred and twelve dollars and sixteen cents—in favor of said General Electric Company and (it seems) sent the same to the payee at Schenectady. Payment of the check was refused for want of funds by the drawee therein named, and after protest thereof the electric company forwarded it to said Addison at San Francisco for collection. Said company was accustomed to collect through its main office at *614 Schenectady some of its hills for goods sold in California, and others—probably the majority—were…