McMichen v. Brown

1. An agent to rent has no implied power to bind the landlord by a contract to pay a stipulated sum for improvements to be made by the tenant.

2. One employed as attorney at law to collect a claim for rent can not bind the landlord by a contract to pay for improvements made on the rented premises.

3. A parol ratification by an ,owner of land of an unauthorized written contract made by an agent, to pay a stipulated price' for improvements to be made on the land, will not be effective to bind the principal, when the improvements were made before the ratification took place, and the tenant has not…