I do not think that the verdict was authorized by the evidence. While the witness Tapp testified that *Page 687 he bought the mules for the defendant company, other testimony elicited from him on cross-examination negatived his conclusion that he was acting as the agent of the company when he purchased the mules, and the testimony of all three members of the company showed that Tapp had never been their agent in buying mules for them and had no authority to buy the mules in question.