Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 1965

Community Oil Co. v. Hashem

Community Oil Co. v. Hashem
Supreme Court of New Hampshire · Decided May 24, 1965 · Blandin
106 N.H. 291; 210 A.2d 475; 1965 N.H. LEXIS 150

Community Oil Co. v. Hashem

Opinion

Blandin, J.

The defendant excepted to the findings, rulings and verdict of the Court. Since it appears on the face of the record that the main purpose of the exceptions was to raise the question of whether the defendant might be held personally liable as an agent of an undisclosed principal, we consider that issue. Eastman v. Waisman, 94 N. H. 253. An examination of the transcript discloses that there was sufficient evidence to sustain all the findings of the Court, including those that the plaintiff extended credit to the defendant personally, unaware of the fact that the latter represented an undisclosed principal. Having made these findings, the Court properly ruled as a matter of law that β€œan agent who contracts in his own name for an undisclosed principal is personally liable.” Batchelder v. Libbey, 66 N. H. 175; Hoyt v. Horst, 105 N. H. 380, 388; Restate *293 ment (Second), Agency, s. 322; see Manchester Supply Co. v. Dearborn, 90 N. H. 447.

The order is

Judgment on the verdict.

All concurred.

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