Section 234
Consequence of inducing agent or principal to act on belief that principal or agent will be held exclusively liable
Chapter 11: Agency
When a person who has made a contract with an agent induces the agent to act upon the belief that the principal only will be held liable, or induces the principal to act upon the belief that the agent only will be held liable, he cannot afterwards hold liable the agent or principal respectively.
The Indian Contract Act, 1872 (Act No. 9 of 1872). From the updated text on India Code, with later amendments. Being checked against the official copy; amendment notes are not shown yet.
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- 231Rights of parties to a contract made by agent not disclosed
- 232Performance of contract with agent supposed to be principal
- 233Right of person dealing with agent personally liable
- 235Liability of pretended agent
- 236Person falsely contracting as agent not entitled to performance
- 237Liability of principal inducing belief that agent‟s unauthorized acts were authorized