McNeile v. Cridland

Citations

• 168 Pa. 16
• 31 A. 939
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 751

Syllabus

<p>Principal and agent — JRepresentations by agent — Sale of real estate— Defense to purchase money mortgage.</p> <p>When an agent acts contrary to his instructions his principal will be bound by his acts which are within the scope of the authority which the agent was held out to the world to possess</p> <p>In an action upon a purchase money mortgage, the case should be submitted to the jury where the evidence for the defendants tends to prove-that in purchasing the mortgaged premises, defendants relied upon representations of plaintiff’s agent who negotiated the sale to the effect that the house was well built on solid ground; when instead thereof it was actually erected on made ground which gradually settled to such an extent as to cause the sinking, cracking and bulging out of the front wall and other damages, and that a large expenditure of money would be required to repair the damages thus occasioned.</p>