Meyer v. Baldwin

Citations

• 52 Miss. 263

Syllabus

<p>3. Agexcy. Ratification of acts of agents. Liability of principal.</p> <p>The agent, by his position of manager of a plantation of his principal, has no authority to contract debts, on the credit of his employer, for which he will be held responsible. In the absence of express authority by the principal to contract debts, the creditor, in order to charge the principal, must show that he held him out to the public or to the creditor as his authorized agent to mate accounts, or that he ratified his act in making them, or that the action of the principal was such as to induce the reasonable belief that the agent was authorized to make the account or contract the debt.</p> <p>2. Same. Ratification of unauthorized acts of agents.</p> <p>The receipt by the principal of the fruits of an unauthorized act of the agent is not a ratification, without full knowledge by the principal.</p>