 Where the instrument contains or a person adds to his signature words indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative capacity, he is not liable on the instrument if he was duly authorized; but the mere addition of words...  Annual Report of the Illinois State Bar Association - Page 102by Illinois State Bar Association - 1899Full view - About this book
 | John Barnard Byles - Negotiable instruments - 1899 - 664 pages
...character, sentative he is not personally liable thereon ; but the mere addition to his capacity. signature of words describing him as an agent, or as filling a representative character, does not exempt him from personal liability. (2) In determining whether a signature on a bill is that... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1900 - 862 pages
...words indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative capacity, he is not liable on the instrument if he was duly authorized...principal, does not exempt him from personal liability. § 40. Signature by procuration ; effect of. — A signature by "procuration" operates as notice that... | |
 | Melville Madison Bigelow - Checks - 1900 - 396 pages
...principal, or in a representative capacity, he is not liable on the instrument if he was duly authorized; 2 but the mere addition of words describing him as an...principal, does not exempt him from personal liability. § 28. A signature by 'procuration' operates as notice that, 1 A bill of exchange drawn upon the drawer... | |
 | Canadian Bankers' Association - Banks and banking - 1900 - 460 pages
...question stress was naturally laid upon section 25 of the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, according to which "a signature by procuration operates as notice that the agent has but a limited author1ty to sign, and the principal is only bound by such signature if the agent in so signing was... | |
 | Roger Gresley Woodyatt - Agency - 1900 - 224 pages
...representative character, he is not personally liable thereon; but the mere addition to his signature of words describing him as an agent, or as filling a representative character, does not exempt him from personal liability. (2) In determining whether the signature on the bill is... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Laws, statutes, etc - Law - 1901 - 1022 pages
...words indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative capacity, he is not liable on the instrument if he was duly authorized;...principal, does not exempt him from personal liability. Section 21. A signature by "procuration" operates as notice that the agent has but a limited authority... | |
 | United States - Law - 1901 - 934 pages
...indicating that he signs lial)le onfor or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative capacity, he is not liable on the instrument if he was duly authorized,...addition of words describing him as an agent or as tilling a representative character without disclosing his principal does not exempt him from personal... | |
 | Ernest Wilson Huffcut - Agency (Law) - 1901 - 470 pages
...used to interpret the instrument. Reese v. Medlock, 27 Tex. 120; Prink v. Roe, 70 Cal. 296. <ii in" operates as notice that the agent has but a limited authority to sign negotiable instruments, and the principal is bound only in case the agent in so signing acted within... | |
 | District of Columbia - Law - 1902 - 400 pages
...words indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative capacity, he is not liable on the instrument if he was duly authorized,...does not exempt him from personal liability. Sec. 1325. SIGNATURE BY PROCURATION. — A signature by "procuration" operates as notice that the agent... | |
 | Colorado. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 730 pages
...words indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative capacity, he is not liable on the instrument if he was duly authorized;...principal, does not exempt him from personal liability." Id % 20. See, also, note following. Where a defendant placed an agent in charge of a stock of goods,... | |
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