An agent who signed a charterparty containing a cesser clause purportedly as agent for an unidentified principal could show that he was himself the principal and could sue on the contract, on the grounds that it was irrelevant to the third party who contracted on such terms to whom he was liable, and that the agent could say that he was his own principal.
[1851] EngR 68, (1851) 16 QB 655, (1851) 117 ER 1031
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Well established – Newborne v Sensolid (Great Britain) Ltd 1954
A written contract purported to sell goods by a company described as Leopold Newborne (London) Ltd. The document was subscribed by the name of the company with Mr Leopold Newborne’s signature under it. At that time it had not yet been incorporated. . .
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Updated: 09 June 2021; Ref: scu.296384