Enforcement and consequences of agent’s contracts.— Contracts entered into through an agent, and obligations arising from acts done by an agent, may be enforced in the same manner, and will have the same legal consequences,…
Principal how far bound, when agent exceeds authority.— When an agent does more than he is authorized to do, and when the part of what he does, which is within his authority, can be separated…
Principal not bound when excess of agent’s authority is not separable.— Where an agent does more than he is authorized to do, and what he does beyond the scope of his authority cannot be separated…
Consequences of notice given to agent.— Any notice given to or information obtained by the agent, provided it be given or obtained in the course of the business transacted by him for the principal, shall,…
Agent cannot personally enforce, nor be bound by, contracts on behalf of principal.— In the absence of any contract to that effect, an agent cannot personally enforce contracts entered into by him on behalf of…
Rights of parties to a contract made by agent not disclosed.— If an agent makes a contract with a person who neither knows, nor has reason to suspect, that he is an agent, his principal…
Performance of contract with agent supposed to be principal.— Where one man makes a contract with another, neither knowing nor having reasonable ground to suspect that the other is an agent, the principal, if he…
Right of person dealing with agent personally liable.— In cases where the agent is personally liable, a person dealing with him may hold either him or his principal, or both of them, liable. Illustration A…
Consequence of inducing agent or principal to act on belief that principal or agent will be held exclusively liable.— When a person who has made a contract with an agent induces the agent to act…