Bayley J: ‘It is quite clear, that if an agent (employed to receive money, and bound by his duty to his principal from time to time to communicate to him whether the money is received or not,) renders an account from time to time which contains a statement that the money is received, he is bound by that account unless he can shew that that statement was made unintentionally and by mistake. If he cannot shew that, he is not at liberty afterwards to say that the money had not been received, and never will be received, and to claim reimbursement in respect of those sums for which he had previously given credit.’
Judges:
Bayley J
Citations:
(1825) 4 B and C 715
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Post Office Ltd v Castleton QBD 22-Jan-2007
The defendant ran a post office. A cash shortage was found, and he challenged the calculation of the account.
Held: The defendant was liable for the deficit in law. He had shown no sufficient reason to make the court think the calculations . .
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Agency
Updated: 23 November 2022; Ref: scu.247971