 | Thomas Whitney Waterman - 1875 - 756 σελίδες
...trespass without justification or excuse.2 7. Ratification and adoption of wrongful act. § 28. A thing done for another by a person not assuming to act for...case, the principal is bound by the act, whether it be to his detriment or advantage, and whether it be founded on a tort or a contract, to the same extent,... | |
 | 1875 - 462 σελίδες
...affects the relative rights of the prinoipnl and agent will be considered. The general rule is, that if an act done for another by a person not assuming to...for such other person, though without any precedent anthority whatever, it becomes the act of the principal if subsequently ratified by him. In such a... | |
 | Sir Arthur Underhill - 1878 - 370 σελίδες
...pursuance of his master's employment, but which the master subsequently adopts. RULE 11. — A tortious act done for another, by a person not assuming to...of the principal if subsequently ratified by him, and whether it be for his detriment or his advantage, to the same extent as the same act done by his... | |
 | Joseph Brown Heiskell - 1878 - 840 σελίδες
...accrued. The authorities satisfactorily establish, with but few exceptions, the following proposition : "An act done for another by a person not assuming to act for himself, hut for such other person. Fort e. Coker. though without any precedent authority whatever, becomes... | |
 | William Evans - 1879 - 802 σελίδες
...relative rights of the principal and agent, will be considered. The general rule is, that if an act is done for another by a person not assuming to act for...person, though without any precedent authority whatever, it becomes the act of the principal if subsequently ratified by him. In such a case the principal is... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1880 - 886 σελίδες
...cited on both sides. It is a case of great authority, and U a courier-. judgment. It is there laid down that an act done for another by a person not assuming to act for himself, but for such other person, Uiough. wU/toitt any prtixdetil auUiorily u-halft^r, hccotae* the act of the principal, if subsequently... | |
 | 1845 - 500 σελίδες
...to be the agent. Foster v. Bates, l C M. & W. 226. AGENT. (Ratification of, acts of by principal.) An act done for another by a person not assuming to...the principal if subsequently ratified by him: in such case the principal is bound by the act, whether it be to his detriment or for his advantage, and... | |
 | Sir John Macdonell - 1883 - 792 σελίδες
...him if the master adopts or ratifies them. The principle is thus stated in Wilson v. Tummon (g) : " An act done for another by a person not assuming to...of the principal, if subsequently ratified by him, whether it be for his detriment or advantage, and whether it be founded on a tort or a contract, to... | |
 | John Mews - 1884 - 1078 σελίδες
...Jur. 1093. An act done for another, by a person not as suming to act for himself, but for such othe: person, though without any precedent authority whatever, becomes the act of the principal, i: subsequently ratified by him ; in such case, thi principal is bound by the act, whether it is t<... | |
 | Sir William Reynell Anson - 1884 - 456 σελίδες
...cognisant at the time will relieve him of its liabilities. The act must be ' done wiison v. Tumman, for another by a person not assuming to act for himself but 6M.&G.a36. for such other person.' This however would not prevent ratification in the case of a broker... | |
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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... 
