Grosse-Becker v. Becker

Citations

• 102 Cal. 226
• 36 P. 433
• 1894 Cal. LEXIS 623

Syllabus

<p>Partnership—Agency—Question of Pact—Contract of Employment.— The extent of the powers of an agent of a partnership in making a contract of employment is a question of fact to be passed upon by the jury in arriving at their verdict.</p> <p>Id.—Employment of Actress—Misrepresentation by Agent—Estoppel. Where the agent of a partnership falsely represented that an actress to be employed by the firm was his wife, such misrepresentation does not constitute an estoppel to prevent suit by the actress against the partners for services rendered, where it does not appear that the existence or nonexistence of the married relation between the parties was material in the minds of the partners, nor that the false representations operated in any way to their injury or damage.</p> <p>Id.—Action by Married Woman Upon Contract.—A married woman may sue upon a contract for her individual services made when acting in her own behalf, where it is not proven that she was acting as agent for the community.</p>