Baldwin v. Garrett & Sons

1. It is the right of one who deals with an agent, who fails to disclose his principal, to proceed directly against the principal when discovered. Civil Code, §8020. This right is not dependent on the diligence of the plaintiff in discovering the fact of the concealed agency.

2. An agent to conduct a given business for his principal necessarily has authority to do everything which is essential to the performance of his duties as agent. If the agency be to carry on a mercantile business, and to do this if is necessary to rent a house, the principal will be bound for the rent thereof, whether he…