Hutter v. Weiss

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• Under Indiana law, “[t]he general rule is that full knowledge by the principal of 5 all the material facts is indispensable to a ratification by him of the unauthorized act of his 6 agent.”
• if cireumstances should have put the plaintiff on inquiry and the plaintiff could have easily learned the truth the neglect of failure to make such inquiry will make the plaintiff guilty of laches just as if the facts were known to the plaintiff
• “if the circumstances were such as to have put a person on inquiry, and the means of ascertaining the truth were readily available had inquiry been made, the neglect or failure to make such inquiry will charge the person with laches the same as though he had known the facts”

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