Baker v. Seattle & Puget Sound Packing Co.

Citations

• 95 Wash. 45
• 163 P. 17
• 1917 Wash. LEXIS 757

Syllabus

<p>Principal and Agent — Contracts by Agent — Ratification. A delay from January to October, in objecting to an unauthorized contract made by an agent, after the principal had been notified of the same, amounts to a ratification of the contract.</p> <p>Sales — Contract—Terms of Agreement — Compromise and Settlement. Where, upon a dispute as to the terms of an agreement for the sale of goods made by an agent, the vendee stated its understanding of the contract and the vendor acquiesced therein, whereby the vendor agreed to accept the return of unsalable goods, the same, was not an offer of compromise on either side; and the vendor would be liable for reasonable storage charges accruing on the goods after the time for their return.</p>