The contract of the agent is the contract of the" principal, and he may sue or be sued thereon, though not named therein; and notwithstanding the rule of law that an agreement reduced to writing may not be contradicted or varied by parol, it is well settled... Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Washington - Página 164por Washington (State). Supreme Court, Arthur Remington, Solon Dickerson Williams - 1904Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| United States. Supreme Court - 1870 - 854 páginas
...21 How., 289, whero the opinion was given by Mr. Justice Grier. In the latter case it is said that the contract of the agent is the contract of the principal,...sue or be sued thereon, though not named therein. Parol proof may be admitted to show vot. i. 16 Opinion of the court. the real nature of the transaction,... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, Samuel Freeman Miller - 1875 - 848 páginas
...agency, he may elect to treat the after-discovered principal as the person with whom he contracted. The contract of the agent is the contract of the principal, and he may sue or he sued thereon, though not named therein ; and notwithstanding the rule of law that an agreement reduced... | |
| 1884 - 934 páginas
...agency, he may elect to treat the after-discovered principal as the person with whom he contracted. The contract of the agent is the contract of the"...show that the agent who made the contract in his own name was acting for him. This proof does not contradict the writing; it only explains the transaction.... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1858 - 670 páginas
...agency, he may elect to treat the after-discovered principal as the person with whom he contracted. The contract of the agent is the contract of the principal,...show that the agent who made the contract in his own name was acting for him. This proof does not contradict the writing; it only explains the transaction.... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1884 - 862 páginas
...agency, he may elect to treat the after-discovered principal as the person with whom he contracted. The contract of the agent is the contract of the principal,...sue or be sued thereon, though not named therein. Notwithstanding the rule of law that an agreement reduced to writing may not be contradicted or varied... | |
| 1911 - 1168 páginas
...name, and evidence may properly be admitted to show that the principal was the real party in interest, notwithstanding the rule of law that an agreement...writing may not be contradicted or varied by parol evidence." We are therefore of opinion that the court did not err in overruling the demurrer to the... | |
| 1909 - 1162 páginas
...may sue on a contract made by his agent. In Ford v. Williams, 21 How. 280. 16 L. Ed. 36, it is said: "The contract of the agent Is the contract of the...contradicted or varied by parol, It is well settled that the •For other cases tee 8am» topic and section NUMBER In Dec. ft Am. I MEE. 1907 to date, ft Reporter... | |
| 1916 - 1404 páginas
...L. Ed. 36 ; Eastern R. Co. v. Benedict, 5 Gray (Mass.) 561, 66 Am. Dec. 384; 2 CJ 683. This is true, notwithstanding the rule of law that an agreement...writing may not be contradicted or varied by parol, for it Is held that such proof does not contradict the writing, but only explains the transaction.... | |
| Ernest Wilson Huffcut - 1895 - 316 páginas
...third party never undertook and never intended to undertake an obligation in favor of the principal.2 " The contract of the agent is the contract of the principal,...show that the agent who made the contract in his own name was acting for him." * And so it follows that a contract made between A. and B., each believing... | |
| Illinois. Appellate Court, Edwin Burritt Smith, Martin L. Newell - 1895 - 712 páginas
...in fact acted on behalf of the bank and as its agent, the latter was held liable upon the check. " The contract of the agent is the contract of the principal,...reduced to writing may not be contradicted or varied in parol, it is well settled that the principal may show that the agent who made the contract in his... | |
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