Mecham v. Benson

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• noting that both agent and principal would be liable for agent's misrepresentations
• noting that both agent and principal would be liable for agent's misrepresentations
• noting that a defendant, by attempting to hide behind the corporate entity, \would not exculpate himself by proving. that he was acting as agent of a corporation; he would only additionally inculpate his cor porate principal\
• “A buyer [of real estate] may waive his right to rescind for fraud if he uses the property which was the subject of the sale after he discovered, or in the exercise of reasonable care should have diseover- ed, the ground for rescission.”
• stipulation concerning fee award invalid where inconsistent with contract

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).