Dean v. Bassett

The Court :

The Court instructed the jury:

“ The acts of an agent can be ratified only after full knowledge of those acts, and the principal must know the character of the acts to be ratified, otherwise a ratification is void. If a ratification be made under misapprehension of the full scope of acts, it is voidable to the extent of the mistakes, and the party can be relieved so far as there was a mistake to the act.”

The comment of appellant’s counsel is:

“ The second clause of the instruction informs the jury to the effect that if Mrs. Bassett was under a misapprehension as to any of these…