Edwards v. Tyler

Citations

• 141 Ill. 454
• 31 N.E. 312

Syllabus

<p>1. Statute of Frauds—authority of wife to hind husband to sale of lands. Where tire letters and telegrams of the wife of the owner of land to Ms agents to collect rents, only, desiring such agents to sell at a stated price, are relied on as authority to the agents to sell, it must be shown that the owner gave his wife authority, in writing, to authorize the agents to sell the property.</p> <p>2. In such case, where the wife’s letters were not submitted to the owner before being sent, and he had no knowledge of their contents or of the telegrams, he will not be bound by them; but if the letters and telegrams had been submitted to him before they were sent off, and received his approval, it might be that he would be bound by the statements therein, on the ground that they were his acts, and not the acts of the wife.</p>