· 5/10/1880
Whitney v. Wyman
Citations
- 101 U.S. 392
- 25 L. Ed. 1050
- 1879 U.S. LEXIS 1931
How courts have described this case
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- holding that individual directors were not liable individually on preformation contract later ratified by corporation
- “The agreement thus made could not be afterwards changed by either of the parties without the consent of the other.”
- “Where the principal is disclosed, and the agent is known to be acting as such, the latter cannot be made personally hable unless he agreed to be so.”
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Judges: Swayne
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