Abodeely v. Cavras

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating a factor to determine whether a contract is ratified often is whether a principal accepted benefits from an agent’s unauthorized act
• stating a factor to determine whether a contract is ratified often is whether a principal accepted benefits from an agent’s unauthorized act
• “[F]ailure to repudiate the unauthorized action within a reasonable time after learning of the transaction will be deemed a ratification or affirmance.”
• after forfeiture “the vendor cannot ... thereafter change his position and ... proceed on a theory based on affirmance by suing for damages for breach of the contract or for specific performance since one is precluded from pursuing inconsistent remedies”
• construing power of attorney as granting only powers specified therein

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).