 | United States. Supreme Court - 1853 - 672 pages
...with the principals, or indirectly with him through the instrumentality of agents. In every such case, the principal holds out his agent as competent, and...warrants his fidelity and good conduct in all matters of the agency." And in note 2, the learned author, in commenting upon a passage'in J Blackstone's Comm.... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia County) - 1853 - 612 pages
...misconduct, or even if he forbade or disapproved of them : Story on Agency, § 452. In any such case, the principal holds out his agent as competent and fit to be trusted ; and thereby in effect warrants his fidelity and good conduct in all matters of the agency_.j On the other hand, the agent... | |
 | Greene Carrier Bronson - 1854 - 64 pages
...misconduct, or even if he forbade or disapproved of them. (Story on Agency, § 452.) " In any such case, the principal holds out his agent as competent, and fit to be trusted ; and thereby in effect warrants his fidelity and good conduct, in all matters of the agency. On the other hand, the agent... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1854 - 692 pages
...respondent superior being applicable in these cases. And this rule is founded in justice and equity. The principal holds out his agent as competent and fit to be trusted, and by his conduct warrants his fidelity and good behavior in all matters relating to the agency, (a) A... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Edward Jordan Dimock, Samuel Hand, Hiram Edward Sickels, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Edwin Augustus Bedell, Alvah S. Newcomb, James Newton Fiero - 1859 - 662 pages
...such misconduct, or even if he forbade i the acts or disapproved of them," &c. "In every such case, the principal holds out his agent as competent and fit to be trusted, and thereby, in in effect, he warrants his fidelity and good conduct in all matters within the scope of his agency."... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - 1860 - 740 pages
...misconduct, or even if he forbade or disapproved of them. (Story on Agency, § 452.) In any such case, the principal holds out his agent as competent and fit to be trusted; and thereby in effect warrants his fidelity and good conduct in all matters of the agency. On the other hand, the agent is... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1863 - 704 pages
...with the principal, or indirectly with him through the instrumentality of agents.2 In every such case, the principal holds out his agent, as competent, and...and good conduct in all matters within the scope of the agency.3 i Southwick v. Estes, 7 Cush. 885 ; Reeves v. State Bank, 8 Ohio St. K. 476 ; Philadelphia... | |
 | Joseph S. Bosworth, New York (State). Superior Court (New York) - 1865 - 776 pages
...of his duty. The company held him out as competent to be trusted, and thereby, in effect, warranted his fidelity and good conduct in all matters within the scope of the agency. (Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank v. Butchers' & Drovers' Bank, 4 Kern., 624; 16 NYR, 126; Stoney... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1867 - 634 pages
...principal holds out his agent as competent and skillful, and/ fit to be trusted, and thus in effect warrants his fidelity and good conduct in all matters within the scope of the agency, An infant being incapable of contracting, cannot warrant the competency or skill or care... | |
 | Anthony L. Robertson - 1868 - 778 pages
...principal holds out his agent as competent and skillful, and fit to be trusted, and thus, in effect, warrants his fidelity and good conduct in all matters within the scope of the agency. An infant being incapable of contracting, cannot warrant the competency or skill, or care... | |
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... is founded upon public policy and convenience; for in no other way could there be any safety to third persons in their dealings, either directly with the principal, or indirectly with him, through the instrumentality of agents. In every such case... 
