Anderson v. Gardner

OAKS, Justice:

This case requires us to apply the rules governing when a person’s signature on a contract will subject him to personal liability and when his signature will be solely in a representative capacity for another person or entity named or unnamed in the contract. The lower court found that defendant, who signed the contracts, was personally liable. We affirm.

Defendant was the general manager of radio station KMOR. His duties included obtaining various country and western artists for concerts. On November 14, 1974, defendant and plaintiff, a country and western performer, signed…