Jenkins v. City of Henderson

If a contract is made with a known agent acting within tbe scope of bis authority for a disclosed principal, tbe contract is that of tbe principal alone, unless credit has been given expressly and exclusively to tbe agent, and it appears that it was clearly bis intention to assume tbe obligation as a personal liability and that be has been informed that credit has been extended to him alone. 2 Amer. Jur., page 247, and numerous authorities cited in note. Way v. Ramsey, 192 N. C., 549, 135 S. E., 454.

Tbe presumption is that where one known to be an agent deals or contracts within tbe scope of…