Writ – Holograph – Agreement Written by Factor to the Dictation of his Principal.
Held ( aff. judgment of the Court of Session) that an agreement written by the factor for one of the parties in the presence of the other party to the dictation of the factor’s principal, and unsigned, is not a valid holograph writ of the principal so as to constitute, when formally accepted and acted on, a completed contract between the two parties interested therein.
Judges:
Lord Chancellor Selborne, Lord Blackburn, and Lord Watson
Citations:
[1881] UKHL 466, 18 SLR 466
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Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Agency, Contract
Updated: 28 June 2022; Ref: scu.636792
