Parke v. Frank

Citations

• 75 Cal. 364
• 17 P. 427
• 1888 Cal. LEXIS 550

Syllabus

<p>Agency — Consideration—Reasonable Time—Revocation—Liability OP Principal. —Where a principal, for a valuable consideration, agrees not to revoke an agency for a reasonable time, and in view of the circumstances and nature of the contract a reasonable time can he ascertained, he has no legal right to revoke it during- such time. If he does so, and the agent is thereby deprived of authority further to act as such, the principal is liable in damages by reason of the breach of his promise not to recall the agency.</p> <p>Id. — Measure of Damages. — The measure of damages for the breach of such a contract is the amount of the direct or approximate damages sustained by the agent by reason of the principal’s depriving him of the benefits of the agency.</p> <p>Id.—Amount of Damages must be Proved. — In an action to recover damages for the breach of a contract, the amount of damages caused by the alleged breach is to he proved as a fact.</p>