The Weekly Law Reports
[1962] 2 WLR 525
[COURT OF APPEAL.]
DAVIES
v.
SWEET.
[Plaint No. R. 885.]
1961 Nov. 29;
Dec. 1.
Dec. 1.
Lord Evershed M.R., Donovan and Danckwerts L.JJ.
Vendor and Purchaser
— Memorandum in writing
— Parties
— Vendor not named in memorandum
— Memorandum signed by estate agent
— Agent contractually bound
— Knowledge of purchase of principal
— Whether vendor bound by memorandum
—
Law of Property Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 20), s. 40.
Agency
— Contract
— Whether agent personally bound
— Contract of sale signed by estate agent
— So described at head of letter.
Agency
— Estate agent
— Authority
— Authority to sell land inferred from special circumstances
— Whether personally bound.
Contract
— Formation
— Subsequent negotiations
— Concluded agreement unaffected.