PRINCIPAL AND AGENT - LIABILITY OF AGENT TO THIRD PARTY FOR CONTRACT MADE WITHOUT AUTHORITY

Authors

Walter Probst Jr., University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

The defendant conducted a real estate agency and had been requested from time to time to find a purchaser for a certain tract of land. The defendant negotiated to sell this land to the plaintiffs, who knew the defendant was acting as an agent. The land had before the time of this negotiation been conveyed to a third party by the principal. It was found that the defendant was acting in good faith. Held, that the defendant was not personally liable for the loss and damage sustained by the plaintiffs. King v. Russell, 278 Mich. 529, 270 N. W. 775 (1936).

Recommended Citation

Walter Probst Jr., PRINCIPAL AND AGENT - LIABILITY OF AGENT TO THIRD PARTY FOR CONTRACT MADE WITHOUT AUTHORITY, 36 Mich. L. Rev. 161 (1937).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol36/iss1/24