Firemen's Insurance Co. v. Hamby

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

1. The court erred in charging the jury as follows: “The court charges you the principal shall be bound by all the acts of his agent within the scope of his authority; the principal may not ratify in part and repudiate in part; he shall adopt either the whole or none. The court charges you that a ratification by the principal shall relate back to the act ratified, and shall take effect as if originally authorized. A ratification may be express, or implied from the acts or silence of the principal. A ratification once made may not be revoked.” There was no…