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Agency To Make Representations, Merton Ferson
Agency To Make Representations, Merton Ferson
Vanderbilt Law Review
Representations, commands, threats and other utterances are a species of acts and may have legal consequences. An utterance may, for example, constitute fraud, negligence, slander or intimidation. The person who speaks is responsible and it may be that another person, in whose behalf the utterance was made, also is responsible. This discussion has to do with the question of what must be shown to establish the ability' of one person to speak in behalf of another, and thus to make the other liable for the legal consequences.
Rescission By Third Party Prior To Principal's Ratification Of Agent's Unauthorized Action, Theodore G. Pappas
Rescission By Third Party Prior To Principal's Ratification Of Agent's Unauthorized Action, Theodore G. Pappas
Vanderbilt Law Review
Ratification' by an alleged principal of acts that another person has assumed to do in his behalf without prior authorization gives rise to two general questions. First, can the person who ratifies be held liable for or be bound by the acts he has ratified? Second, can the person who ratifies bind the person that his assumed agent has presumed to bargain with if this person attempts to withdraw before the alleged principal ratifies? Each question presents conditions and refinements.
The present discussion will be confined to the second of the above questions-viz., Can the third party recede from the …
Tennessee Judicial Highlights, Journal Staff
Tennessee Judicial Highlights, Journal Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
CASES OF CURRENT INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE PREVIOUSLY NOTED
Baker v. State, 184 Tenn. 503 (1947), 1 Vand. L. Rev. 127 (1947). Accessory after the fact--when is felony complete?
Black v. Black, 202 S. W. 2d 659 (Tenn. 1947), 20 Tenn. L. Rev. 201 (1948).' Effect of reciting an oral contract to sell land in an undelivered deed.
Churn v. State, 184 Tenn. 646 (1947), 20 Tenn. L. Rev. 195 (1948). Testimony of arresting officers.
Davis v. Beeler, 207 S. W. 2d 343 (Tenn. 1947), 1 Vand. L. Rev. 451 (1948). Prohibition of practice of naturopathy in Tennessee.
Elliott v. Fuqua, …