Georgia Court of Appeals, 1917

Price-Evans Foundry Co. v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Price-Evans Foundry Co. v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided February 1, 1917 · Broyles
19 Ga. App. 264; 91 S.E. 283; 1917 Ga. App. LEXIS 90

Price-Evans Foundry Co. v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Opinion of the Court

Broyles, P. J.

1. A tliird person dealing with an agent of an undisclosed principal can not hold the principal liable under the contract, where the principal has previously accounted and settled with the agent. Civil Code (1910), ยง 3596. **โ€œ"*300

2. Under the agreed statement of facts, section 3601 of the Civil Code, cited by counsel for the plaintiff in error, is not applicable.

3. The court did not err in directing a verdict for the defendant.

Judgment affirmed.

Jenkins and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.

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