Griswold v. Haas
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Bobt. M. Foster, Judge. (1) Recognition and ratification by a party of an act previously performed by one who assumes to act as Ms agent are tantamount to its antecedent authorization. Flesh v. Lindsay, 115 Mo. 1; Sharp v. Knox, 48 Mo. App. 169; Cummings v. Head, 49 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Bobt. M. Foster, Judge. (1) Recognition and ratification by a party of an act previously performed by one who assumes to act as Ms agent are tantamount to its antecedent authorization. Flesh v. Lindsay, 115 Mo. 1; Sharp v. Knox, 48 Mo. App. 169; Cummings v. Head, 49 Mo. App. 139; Turner Chillicothe v. Railroad, 51 Mo. 501; Bank v. Gtay, 63 Mo. 33; Ruggles v. Washington Co., 3 Mo. 496; Ferris v. Shaw, 72 Mo. 446; Suddath v. Empire Lime Co., 79 Mo. App. 585; Alexander v. Wade, 106 Mo. App. 141; Hackett v. Yan Frank, 105 Mo. App. 384; Smith v.…
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, P. J.
(after stating the facts).
The ruling of the court that the fact of agency could not be proved by the testimony of the agent when on the witness stand, when asked concerning his agency, is such patent error as to in itself call for the reversal of the judgment. It is true, that agency cannot be proved by the declarations of the agent to third parties and then putting those third parties on the stand and having them testify as to what the agent told them. Such testimony is excluded, not only as not the best evidence, but ¡as hearsay. That is very far from holding, however, that when the witness…
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