233: Right of person dealing with agent personally liable
The Contract Act · Federal Acts · Chapter X · in_force
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In cases where the agent is personally liable, a person dealing with him may hold either him or his principal, or both of them, liable. Illustration A enters into a contract with B to sell him 100 bales of cotton, and afterwards discovers that B was acting as agent for C. A may sue either B or C, or both, for the price of the cotton.
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232: Performance of contract with agent supposed to be principal234: Consequence of inducing agent or principal to act on belief that principal or agent will be231: Rights of parties to a contract made by agent not disclosed235: Liability of pretended agent230: Agent cannot personally enforce, nor be bound by, contracts on behalf of principal236: Person falsely contracting as agent not entitled to performance
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