Legal Opinion
Posey v. Broughton Farm Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)
Decided August 26, 1999No. 11-98-00272-CVPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TERR'T McCALL, Justice.
This case involves the sale and delivery of cotton utilizing a cotton purchasing agent. Because the agent was acting for a partially-disclosed principal, we affirm the trial court’s summary judgment holding that the agent is personally liable on the contract.
Background Facts
Geraldine Posey was a cotton purchasing agent who purchases cotton for a number of different buyers; she did not buy cotton for her own account. Scott Underwood contacted Posey in January 1996, requesting that she purchase cotton for him. Shortly thereafter, Broughton Farm Company and…
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