Gillis v. White

Where a complaint declares on a contract as made with the plaintiff by one of the defendants as the agent of another defendant, it states no cause of action against the agent defendant.

When one contracts merely as the agent of a disclosed principal, he binds either his principal or himself, but not both; and a joint action against both involves a practical as well as a legal anomaly.

If the principal was bound, as intended, the agent cannot be held liable on any principle of law or justice. But if the agent, though assuming and intending to bind a designated principal, and not himself, fails…