But the authorities go much further, and show that in some cases where an act which, if unauthorised, would amount to a trespass, has been done in the name and on behalf of another, but without previous authority, the subsequent ratification may enable... The Law of Contracts - Page 10by Theophilus Parsons - 1857Full view - About this book
| Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, William Newland Welsby, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Gordon - Law reports, digests, etc - 1849 - 964 pages
...another, but without previous authority, the subsequent ratification may enable the party on whose behalf the act was done, to take advantage of it and to treat...under circumstances, when the ratifying party might himself have lawfully done the act which he ratifies. Thus, in Lord Audrey's case (a), a fine with... | |
| Law - 1851 - 544 pages
...agent, to take advantage of it in an action of tort, be understood with this qualification—that the ratification must take place at a time and under circumstances when the ratifying party might himself have lawfully done the act which he ratifies. Lord Audrey's cote (Сто. Eliz. 561; and see... | |
| Theophilus Parsons - Commercial law - 1857 - 524 pages
...ground an action, or to defeat a tender, if ho had not authorized any such .demand before it was made. The act of ratification must take place at a time, and under cireumstances, when the ratifying party might himself have lawfully done the act as principal. Thus,... | |
| Commerce - 1858 - 808 pages
...ground an action, or to defeat a tender, if he had not authorized any such demand before it was made. The act of ratification must take place at a time,...under circumstances, when the ratifying party might himself have lawfully done the act as principal. Thus, we have seen that a consignor or seller may... | |
| Theophilus Parsons - Admiralty - 1859 - 846 pages
...upon which the court procceded in the case of Bird v. Brown, scems to us to be the more correct. It is that the act of ratification must take place at a time, and under eircumstances, when the ratifying party might himself have lawfully done the act which he ratifies.... | |
| Owen Davies Tudor - Commercial law - 1860 - 934 pages
...another, but without previous authority, the subsequent ratification may enable the party on whose behalf the act was done, to take advantage of it, and to...under circumstances when the ratifying party might himself have lawfully done the act which he ratifies. Thus in Lord Audley's case (Cro. Eliz. 561 ;... | |
| William B. Dana - Commerce - 1864 - 502 pages
...ground an action, or to defeat a tender, if he had not authorized any such demand before it was made. The act of ratification must take place at a time,...under circumstances, when the ratifying party might himself have lawfully done the act as principal. Thus, we have seen that a consignor or seller may... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 726 pages
...is to defeat the law.f In Bird v. Brown,\ Baron Rolfe discussing the effect of ratification, says: " But this doctrine must be taken with the qualification,...under circumstances, when the ratifying party might himself have lawfully done the act which he ratifies." * Fleckner r. Bank of the United States, 8 Whnaton,... | |
| Owen Davies Tudor - Commercial law - 1868 - 1106 pages
...another, but without previous authority, the subsequent ratification may enable the party on whose behalf the act was done to take advantage of it, and to treat...must be taken with the qualification, that the act of ratijteation must iuke place at a time and under circumstances when the ratifying parly might himself... | |
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