It is a well-established rule of law, that, where a contract, not under seal, is made with an agent, in his own name, for an undisclosed principal, either the agent or the principal may sue upon it... The Southeastern Reporter - Page 1361902Full view - About this book
| Sandford Nevile, Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Sir William Montagu Manning - Law reports, digests, etc - 1834 - 904 pages
...by them. It is a well-established rule of law, that where a contract, not under seal, is made with an agent in his own name, for an undisclosed principal,...either the agent or the principal may sue upon it; the defendant in the latter case being 1 entitled to be placed in the same situation, at the time of... | |
| John William Smith - 1840 - 530 pages
...judgment of the court in that case, after a cur. adv. wit., " a well-established rule of law, that where a contract not under seal is made by an agent...undisclosed principal, either the agent or the principal muy sue on it ; the defendant, in the latter case, being entitled to be placed in the same situation,... | |
| John William Smith - Law reports, digests, etc - 1842 - 612 pages
...judgment of the court in that case, after a cur. adv. vult., *' a wellestablished rule of law, that where a contract not under seal is made by an agent...principal, either the agent or the principal may sue on it; the defendant, in the latter case, being entitled to bo placed in the same situation, at the... | |
| William Selwyn - Civil procedure - 1845 - 890 pages
...action by the principal for the price of the goods. Where a contract, not under seal, is made with an agent in his own name, for an undisclosed principal,...either the agent or the principal may sue upon it ; the defendant, in the case where the principal sues, being entitled to be placed in the same situation... | |
| Great Britain. Bail Court - Civil procedure - 1845 - 900 pages
...Denman says, " it is a well established rule of law, that where a contract, not under seal, is made with an agent, in his own name, for an undisclosed principal,...either the agent or the principal may sue upon it; the defendant in the latter case being entitled to be placed in the same situation, at the time of... | |
| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Edmund Saunders - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 968 pages
...of the firm, within the meaning of this rule, as to contracts respecting the partnership business) in his own name for an undisclosed principal, either the agent or the principal may sue upon it; the defendant in the latter case being entitled to be placed in the same situation, at the time of... | |
| John William Smith - Contracts - 1847 - 438 pages
...wellestablished rule of law," said the LC Justice, delivering the judgment of the court in that case, " that where a contract not under seal is made by an agent...either the agent or the principal may sue upon it, the defendant, in the latter case, being entitled to be placed in the same situation at the time of... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - Law reports, digests, etc - 1847 - 612 pages
...says: " It is a well-established rule of law, that, where a contract, not under seal, is made with an agent, in his own name, for an undisclosed principal,...either the agent or the principal may sue upon it; the defendant in the latter case being entitled to be placed in the same situation, at the time of... | |
| Joseph Kinnicut Angell - Carriers - 1849 - 808 pages
...c. Bond, 5 Barn. & Adol. 393, the Court observed that it was a well established rule of law, that, where a contract, not under seal, is made by an agent...principal, either the agent or the principal may sue on it ; the defendant in the latter case being entitled to be placed in the same situation, at the... | |
| Joseph Kinnicut Angell - Business & Economics - 1851 - 836 pages
...c. Bond, 5 Barn. & Adol. 393, the Court observed that it was a well established rule of law, that, where a contract, not under seal, is made by an agent...principal, either the agent or the principal may sue on it; the defendant in the latter case being entitled to be placed in the same situation, at the time... | |
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