Watson v. Bayliss

Citations

• 62 Wash. 329
• 113 P. 770
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 701

Syllabus

<p>Principal and Agent — Fraud—Accounting by Agent. Where an agent defrauds his principal by purchasing property and misrepresenting the price paid, the principal need not rescind the sale, but may recover money paid not used by the agent in the purchase.</p> <p>Same. An agent employed to purchase property at the best price obtainable cannot deceive his principal and make a profit thereon by reason of the fact that he held an option on the property at the time of his employment.</p>