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· 10/13/1958

Ruby v. Bowlus

Citations

  • 358 U.S. 856
  • 79 S. Ct. 90
  • 3 L. Ed. 2d 90
  • 1958 U.S. LEXIS 642

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that, when an agent was not authorized to “trans- act[] the sale or ratify[] the contract, . . . under Louisiana law the contract to sell was unenforceable”
  • stating that, under Louisiana law, “a contract entered into by an agent, though voidable for lack of authority to act, may be ratified by the principal”

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