LawgistThe Indian Contract Act
235Liability of pretended agent
A person untruly representing himself to be the authorized agent of another, and thereby inducing a third person to deal with him as such agent, is liable, if his alleged employer does not ratify his acts, to make compensation to the other in respect of any loss or damage which he has incurred by so dealing.
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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
