Ruane v. Murray

Citations

• 26 Pa. Super. 187
• 1904 Pa. Super. LEXIS 289

Syllabus

<p>Principal and agent — Secret agreement — Notice—Liquor law.</p> <p>One who procures and actively assists another to carry on a business in his or her name and holds her or him out to the public as the responsible proprietor is bound by any contract which that other may make on his or her behalf, with a third party who has no knowledge of the secret arrangements between them. This is applicable to the owner of a liquor license who permits another to trade independently under the license, although the licensee is held out as the responsible owner of the business.</p>