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A enters into a contract with B to sell him 100 bales of cotton, and afterwards discovers that B was…

This is the illustration to section 233. Where the agent is personally liable, the contracting person may hold the agent, the principal, or both liable. Discovery of the…

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A enters into a contract with B to sell him 100 bales of cotton, and afterwards discovers that B was acting as agent for C. Under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, for the price of the cotton, A may sue—
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This is the illustration to section 233. Where the agent is personally liable, the contracting person may hold the agent, the principal, or both liable. Discovery of the previously undisclosed principal does not restrict A to suing C alone or B alone. The statutory illustration specifically allows recovery of the cotton price against B or C or both.

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