| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1800 - 490 pages
...queftion before us : As to \vhich, there is not a particle of doubt. Qriifacit per alium, facit per ft. Where a man pays money by his agent, which ought not to have b?en paid, either the agent, or principal, may bring an adtion to recover it l>ack. The agent may,... | |
| Samuel Comyn - Contracts - 1807 - 646 pages
...not a particle of doubt. £>uifacitper alium,facitperfe. Where a man pays money by his agent,which ought not to have been paid, either the agent or principal...may, as proving it to have been paid by his agent. If mony is paid to a known agent, and an action brought againft him forit, it is an anfwer to fuch'... | |
| Nicholas Baylies - Law reports, digests, etc - 1814 - 478 pages
...may recover the excess, in essumpsit for money had and received. Stevenson v. Mortimer. 2 Cowp. 805. Where a man pays money by his agent, which ought not...principal may bring an action to recover it back. If money is mispaid to a known agent, and an action brought against him for it, it is an answer to... | |
| Samuel Comyn - Contracts - 1824 - 680 pages
...per alium, focit per se. Where a man pays money by (i) Campbett v. Hall, Cowp. 2(M. (*) Cowp. s05. his agent, which ought not to have been paid, either...may, as proving it to have been paid by his agent. If money is paid to a known agent, and an action brought against him for it, it is an answer to such... | |
| Joshua Montefiore - Commercial law - 1830 - 528 pages
...cannot bind his principal by an act whereby he exceeds his authority. Teen. v. Harrison, 4 RT 177. Where a man pays money by his agent which ought not to be paid, either the agent or principal may recover it back. Cowp. 805. A clerk or agent receiving a... | |
| Charles Petersdorff - Law - 1831 - 590 pages
...us, as to which there is not a particle of doubt, quifacit per alium Jacit perse; where money is paid by his agent which ought not to have been paid, either the agent or the principal may bring an action to recover it back. (B) LIABILITIES OF. 1. PATERSON v. GAimASEQui.... | |
| Samuel Bealey Harrison, Frederic Edwards - Nisi prius - 1838 - 908 pages
...from an agent in the course of his employment, it having been expressly decided by the Court, that where a man pays money by his agent which ought not to have been paid, that either the agent or the princpial may recover it back d/). So where property has been appropriated... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1847 - 710 pages
...agent of Whitehead. Then, agreeably to Lord Mansfield's decision in the case, cited in 2 Cowper, 80s, where a man pays money by his agent which ought not to have been paid, either the agent or the principal may bring an action to recover it back. Either Bunn or Whitehead, therefore, could have... | |
| William Paley - Agency (Law) - 1847 - 732 pages
...who paid the money. But the nonsuit was set aside ; and the court declared there was no doubt, that where a man pays money by his agent which ought not to have been paid, either the agent or the principal may recover it back. The agent may, from the authority of the principal ; and the principal... | |
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