LawgistThe Indian Contract Act
233Right of person dealing with agent personally liable
In cases where the agent is personally liable, a person dealing with him may hold either him or his principal, or both of them, liable.
Illustration
A enters into a contract with B to sell him 100 bales of cotton, and afterwards discovers that B was acting as agent for C. A may sue either B or C, or both, for the price of the cotton.
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Effect of agency on contracts with third persons
- 226 Enforcement and consequences of agent's contracts
- 227 Principal how far bound, when agent exceeds authority
- 228 Principal not bound when excess of agent's authority is not separable
- 229 Consequences of notice given to agent
- 230 Agent cannot personally enforce, nor be bound by, contracts on behalf of principal
- 231 Rights of parties to a contract made by agent not disclosed
- 232 Performance of contract with agent supposed to be principal
- 233 Right of person dealing with agent personally liable
- 234 Consequence of inducing agent or principal to act on belief that principal or agent will be held exclusively liable
- 235 Liability of pretended agent
- 236 Person falsely contracting as agent, not entitled to performance
- 237 Liability of principal inducing belief that agent's unauthorized acts were authorized
- 238 Effect, on agreement, of misrepresentation or fraud by agent
