Jackson v. Emmens

Citations

• 119 Pa. 356
• 13 A. 210
• 1888 Pa. LEXIS 555

Syllabus

<p>1. In an action against the principal upon a contract made for him by an agent, if it be that the defendant informed the plaintiff before the contract was executed that the agent was to act for him in the transaction during his intended absence, the powers of the agency cannot be limited by evidence of the declarations of the imncipal and agent to each other not in the presence of the plaintiff.</p> <p>2. When two persons, having a joint option for the purchase of real estate, contract to complete the purchase and to share the profits of a sale by them, one may recover from the other his share of the profits after-wards so made in assumpsit declaring on the common counts.</p>