Harris & Cole Bros. v. Strickler

Citations

• 86 Kan. 266
• 120 P. 343
• 1912 Kan. LEXIS 273

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Lease — Agency—Authority—Ratification—Evidence. The authority of a person to make representations and promises for another, alleged in an answer, having been denied in a verified reply, and no evidence of such authority having been given or ratification shown, evidence of such representations and promises received under objection was properly stricken out.</p> <p>2. - Assignment — Liability for Rents. A lease was assigned by the lessee to a party who undertook in the assignment (which was signed by him as well as by the lessee) to pay rent to the lessee. The assignee .afterward assigned the lease to another party. It is held that the obligation of the first assignee to pay rent to the lessee is not annulled although the lessee collected rent for a time from the last as-signee.</p>