156 Mo. App. 321 - Plummer v. Knight’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 9 state decisions

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1. ““Where circumstances are relied upon to prove an agency, it must be shown that the principal has acquiesced in or ratified similar acts of the assumed agency; and in this case there is no evidence that Newell had ever foreclosed or directed the foreclosure of a deed of trust or mortgage for Plummer either by express or implied authority, and no evidence that he ever collected a mortgage or deed of trust either prior or subsequent to this time with or without express authority of Plummer, unless it be in the case under consideration. The law will not imply that he had authority to foreclose the deed of trust in controversy from the mere fact of his making loans and collecting the interest or the loans when due. An agent to collect an interest coupon or a note secured by a mortgage or deed of trust containing a power of sale has no implied authority by reason of such agency to order the foreclosure of the mortgage.” [ 156 Mo. App. 321 , l. c. 336.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 227 Mo. App. 1016 - Williams v. MacKey

2. “The ratification, when once made, becomes irrevocable, and cannot afterwards be repudiated by the principal even though the approval was for only a short time, nor can the principal thereafter pursue a remedy or offer a defense inconsistent with the ratification or based upon a subsequent repudiation of the agent's acts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Perles & Stone, Inc. v. Childs Co.