Landmark case · Law of Contract – II · Semester 2
Keighley, Maxsted & Co. v. Durant
[1901] AC 240 · House of Lords
An undisclosed principal cannot ratify a contract made by an agent who did not profess to act for a principal.
From topic
Duties of agent and principal; termination of agency — Unit II, Law of Contract – II.
Related sections:
- Indian Contract Act, 1872, 211–221 — Agent's duties to principal and principal's duties to agent
- Indian Contract Act, 1872, 201–210 — Termination of agency, revocation and renunciation
- Indian Contract Act, 1872, 230–238 — Effect of agency on contracts with third persons