Sadler v. Radcliff

The bill is for specific performance of a sale of land and sought indemnity against the wife’s inchoate dower interest in the event she refused to join in the deed with her husband, in the event the latter was required to convey.

It is admitted that Espalla, Jr., & Co. made the sale of the property on the conditions indicated in the written authority given by Sadler, and that the former evidenced, that sale in writing as indicated.

It is pertinent to inquire whether Espalla, Jr., & Co. had the authority to sell and evidence 'the same in writing, as was done so. to bind'Sadler under the statute…