Legal Opinion
Sunset-Sternau Food Co. v. Bonzi
California Supreme Court
Decided February 18, 1964No. S.F. 21499PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTobriner, J.
The main issue in this appeal turns upon whether a section of the statute of frauds, Civil Code section 2309, applies to an oral agency agreement and prevents the agent from suing the undisclosed principal on an implied promise of indemnity. Although section 2309 does not clearly specify whether it covers only the agent’s authority to bind the principal to a third party or extends to the relationship between the agent and the principal, we believe it is confined to the agent’s power to bind the principal only. The wording of the section, its placement in the code, a reluctance of the cases…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Dabney v. EdwardsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
- Wong v. Di GraziaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
- Marks v. Walter G. McCarty Corp.California Supreme Court · 1949
- Alberts v. American Casualty Co.California Court of Appeal · 1948
- Pacific Employers Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by46 opinions
- E. L. White, Inc. v. City of Huntington BeachCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- Gribaldo, Jacobs, Jones & Associates v. Agrippina Versicherunges A. G.California Supreme Court · 1970
- Albert H. And Doris G. Throndson v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Albert H. And Doris G. Throndson v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, J. Leonard Schmitz and Alice Schmitz v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- People Ex Rel. Department of Transportation v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Rakestraw v. RodriguesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
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