Birmingham Matinee Club v. McCarty
Supreme Court of Alabama
Action for Breach of Contract. Appeal from Birmingham City Court. ' Heard before Hon. C. W. Ferguson. Action for breach of contract by the Birmingham Matinee Club against M. F. McCarty. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
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Action for Breach of Contract. Appeal from Birmingham City Court. ' Heard before Hon. C. W. Ferguson. Action for breach of contract by the Birmingham Matinee Club against M. F. McCarty. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Action by the Birmingham Matinee Club against M. F. McCarty to recover $5,000 as damages for the breach of an agreement entered into by him on Dec. 8, 1904, in substance as follows: Plaintiff sold to defendant for $16,000 cash property known as “Trotwood Park,” located near East Lake, Ala., containing 100 acres, said sale being subject to an abstract and…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
On this appeal, in our view, the vital and decisive question is May an undisclosed principal enforce, in breach of performance, a contract made by an agent fully authorized thereunto, in his own name, for the sale to and purchase by another of lands of the principal wherein it is stipulated that the ostensible seller (the agent in reality) will grant by warranty deed an unincumbered title? As a general rule, the principal, though undisclosed, is invested by the authorized act of the agent, for the benefit and advantage of the principal, with every right and burdened with every liability…
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