Landmark case · Law of Contract – II · Semester 2
Watteau v. Fenwick
[1893] 1 QB 346 · Queen's Bench Division
An undisclosed principal may be bound by acts of an agent that are within the usual authority of a person in that position.
From topic
Appointment, authority and kinds of agents — Unit II, Law of Contract – II.
Related sections:
- Indian Contract Act, 1872, 182–187 — Agent, principal and authority
- Indian Contract Act, 1872, 188–191 — Extent of agent's authority and sub-agents
- Indian Contract Act, 1872, 226–229 — Enforcement and consequences of agent's acts