 | Thomas Johnson Michie - 1906 - 952 σελίδες
...ADMINISTRATORS; GUARDIAN AND WARD; TRUSTS AND TRUSTEES. In Carr v. Branch, 85 Va. 605, 8 SE 476, it is said: "'An agent or executor who covenants in his own name,...the other substitutes himself for his principal.' Duvall v. Cra'g, 2 Wheat. 45. And the same rule applies to the contracts of guardians, trustees, and... | |
 | 1913 - 1332 σελίδες
...being administered by them, upon being held liable for an obligation thus entered into, considered. An agent or executor who covenants in his own name,...and the other substitutes himself for his principal. Uuvall v. Craig, 2 Wheat. 45, 4 L. ed. 180. b. Representatives of decedents' estates. The doctrines... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1914 - 780 σελίδες
...description to show the character in which he acts, for his own protection, and in no degree affects the rights or remedies of the other party. The authorities are very elaborate on this subject." " If a trustee contracting for the benefit of a trust wants to protect himself from individual liability... | |
 | George Purcell Costigan - 1925 - 1056 σελίδες
...description to show the character in which he acts for his own protection, and in no degree affects the rights or remedies of the other party. The authorities are very elaborate on this subject." "If a trustee contracting for the benefit of a trust wants to protect himself from individual liability... | |
 | 1914 - 1264 σελίδες
...description to show the character in which he acts for his own protection, and in no degree affects the rights or remedies of the other party. The authorities are very elaborate on this subject." "If a trustee contracting for the benefit of a trust wants to protect himself from individual liability... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1901 - 1124 σελίδες
...description to show the character in which he acts for his own protection, and in no degree affects the rights or remedies of the other party. The authorities...and the other substitutes himself for his principal. 1 •The reasoning upon this point disposes, [*57 also, of the second made at the argument, viz., that... | |
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An agent or executor who covenants in his own name, and yet describes himself as agent or executor, is personally liable, for the obvious reason that the one has no principal to bind, and the other substitutes himself for his principal. 
