Haskell v. Cornish

Citations

• 13 Cal. 45

Syllabus

<p>A note stating, that “ We, the undersigned Trustees of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, in behalf of the whole Board of Trustees of said Association, promise to pay,” etc. and signed, without qualification, by two persons haying authority, is the note of the church, and not of the signers.</p> <p>If, on the face of an instrument not under seal, executed by an agent, with competent authority, signing his own name simply, it appears that the agent executed it in behalf of the principal, the principal, and not the agent, is bound.</p> <p>If, in the body of a note, it appear that the note is the note of the principal, or made by the signer for and as agent of the principal, it is the note of the latter even though the words “agent for,” or the like, are not added to the signature.</p>