Wyss v. Albee

Section 706.03(1), Stats., 1989-90, does not apply to the land contract between John Wyss and Co-Jem Farms because the contract was executed by the partnership and not by "one purporting to act as agent" for the partnership. I therefore dissent and would enforce the contract.

Section 706.03(1), Stats., provides:

A conveyance signed by one purporting to act as agent for another shall be ineffective as against the purported principal unless such agent was expressly authorized, and unless the authorizing principal is identified as such in the conveyance or in the form of signature or…