 | Francis Taylor Piggott - Torts - 1885 - 448 pages
...person the case m Wilson v. Tumtnan, where the law was again laid 6M. & 0.242. down " that an act done for another by a person not assuming to act for himself,...of the principal if subsequently ratified by him. In such a case, the principal is bound by the act, whether it be for his detriment or his advantage,... | |
 | Henry Morrison Herman - Estoppel - 1886 - 952 pages
...transaction ; for an act can not be affirmed as to so much as is beneficial, and rejected as to the residue.' 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... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1890 - 950 pages
...action for the price Smith v. Hodsvn, 4 TH 211. So, in another case it was said: " ' That an act done for another by a person not assuming to act for himself,...if subsequently ratified by him, is the known and well-established rule of law. In that case the principal is barred by the act, whether it be for his... | |
 | John Lewis - Corporation law - 1890 - 816 pages
...action for the price. Smith v. Hodsou, 4 TR 211. So, iu another case it was said: " ' That an act done for another by a person not assuming to act for himself,...if subsequently ratified by him, is the known and wellestablished rule of law. In that case the principal is barred by the act, whether it be for his... | |
 | Tindal Arthur Pearson - Agency (Law) - 1890 - 530 pages
...doctrine is stated by Tindal CJ, in Wilson v. Tumman? as follows : — " That an act done for another, t>7 a person not assuming to act for himself, but for...authority whatever, becomes the act of the principal, if ' Ind. Contr. Act, s. 196. " Ind. Contr. Act, I. 196. • 6 M. & G., 236. H subsequently ratified by... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 1034 pages
...for the price: Smith v. Hudson, 4 Term Rep. 211. So in another case, it was said "that an act done for another by a person not assuming to act for himself,...of the principal if subsequently ratified by him, ia the known and well-established rule of law. In that case, the principal is bound by the act, whether... | |
 | Floyd Russell Mechem - Agency (Law) - 1893 - 810 pages
...v». Tumman, 6 Man. & Or. (46 Eng. 0. LR) 236, states the rule more fully thus: " That an act done for another by a person not assuming to act for himself,...principal is bound by the act, whether it be for his detri124 [Book I ment or advantage, and whether it be founded on a tort or a contract, to the came... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - Contracts - 1893 - 928 pages
...subsequently ratify, " in that case," in the language of Ttntlnf. CJ, Wilson с. Tumman, 6 Man. & G. 242. "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 as, by, and with all the consequences which... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, Edwin Burritt Smith, Martin L. Newell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 742 pages
...for the work. Cooley on Torts, 127, lays down the law as stated by Chief Justice Tindall, as follows: That an act for another by a person not assuming to...the act of the principal if subsequently ratified by Lim, is the known and well established rule of law. See 6 Wait's Actions and Defenses, 48-40, Sec.... | |
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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... 
