 | William Selwyn - Civil procedure - 1845 - 890 pages
...seizure was to A.'s use ; it was holden (g), that A. was not a joint trespasser with B. That an act done for another by a person not assuming to act for himself,...principal, if subsequently ratified by him, is the known or well established law. In that case the principal is bound by the act, whether it be for his detriment... | |
 | Herbert Broom - Legal maxims - 1845 - 544 pages
...well-established rule of law by Tiudal, CJ, in delivering the judgment of the Court, that an act done for another, by a person not assuming to act for himself,...authority whatever, becomes the act of the principal, if sub5 East, 491 ; to a policy of insurance, J., 4 B. & Ad. 616 ; Argument, Mper Buller, J., Wolff v.... | |
 | Great Britain. Bail Court - Civil procedure - 1845 - 1144 pages
...think upon the authorities and upon the reason of the thing itself, that it is not. That an act done for another by a person not assuming to act for himself, but for such other person, though without any previous authority, would, indeed, become the act of the principal, if subsequently ratified by him,... | |
 | Samuel Owen - Law - 1846 - 494 pages
...authority of Wilson v. Tummon, 6 Scott, NR, 894, SC, 1 Dowl. if L., 513, which decides, that an act done for another by a person not assuming to act for himself,...of the principal, if subsequently ratified by him. It appears to me, therefore, that in this case the verdict should not be disturbed. MAULE, J. — I... | |
 | William Paley - Agency (Law) - 1847 - 732 pages
...think, under the authorities, and the nature of the thing itself, that it is not. — That an act done, for another, by a person not assuming to act for himself,...for his detriment or his advantage, and whether it be founded on a tort or a contract, to the same extent as by, and with all the consequences which follow... | |
 | Herbert Broom - Parties to actions - 1847 - 232 pages
...for, as observed in a recent case, it is the known and well established rule of law, that an act done for another by a person not assuming to act for himself,...of the principal if subsequently ratified by him. In that case the principal is bound by the act, whether it be for his detriment or his advantage, and... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - Contracts - 1847 - 988 pages
...of part of the contract, the principal must take upon himself the burthen of the remainder. («) " The principal is bound by the act, whether it be for his detriment or his advantage, and whether it be founded on a tort or a contract, to the same extent and with all the consequences which follow from... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - Carriers - 1849 - 808 pages
...to his principal ; he (the agent) is personally liable to be sued.2 As a general rule, an act done for another by a person not assuming to act for himself, but for another person, though without any precedent 1 Beauchamp v. Powley, 1 Mo. & Rob. R. 38. 2 1 Chitt.... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - Business & Economics - 1851 - 836 pages
...to his principal ; he (the agent) is personally liable to be sued.1 As a general rule, an act done for another by a person not assuming to act for himself, but for another person, though without any precedent authority, becomes the act of the principal, if subsequently... | |
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That an act done for another, by a person, not assuming to act for himself, but for such other person, though without any precedent authority whatever, becomes the act of the principal, if subsequently ratified by him, is the known and well established... 
