Schanen-Blair Co. v. Sisters of Charity of the House of Providence

Citations

• 77 Wash. 256
• 137 P. 468
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 884

Syllabus

<p>Principal and Agent — Authority oe Agent — Supervising Architect — Evidence—Sueeioiency. An owner having contracted with the principal contractor for all the work for the construction of a building, is not liable to a subcontractor, who, with notice of the principal, contractor’s default, failed to perfect his lien, but continued in the performance of his subcontract in reliance upon the statement of the supervising architect, in charge of the work, that the owner was holding up sufficient money to pay all subcontractors, and directing him to go ahead, in the absence of any evidence that the architect was authorized to bind the owner beyond the terms of the original contract, or that notice of his statement was brought home to the owner; since the architect has no implied authority to bind the owner beyond the terms of the contract.</p>