U.S. I. F. ATLANTA CORPORATION v. HAGY

1 Citing case

  1. West v. Federal Deposit Ins. Corp.

    149 Ga. App. 342 (Ga. Ct. App. 1979)   Cited 18 times

    The rule holding an agent individually responsible where he acts for a nonexistent principal is derived from the case law and subsequently included in our statutes. See Shiflett v. John W. Kelly Co., 16 Ga. App. 91 ( 84 S.E. 606); Powers v. Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., 19 Ga. App. 706 ( 91 S.E. 1062); Hagan v. Asa G. Candler, Inc., 59 Ga. App. 587 ( 1 S.E.2d 693); Dixie Drive It Yourself System v. Lewis, 78 Ga. App. 236 ( 50 S.E.2d 843); Brown-Wright c. Corp. v. Bagen, 112 Ga. App. 300, 302 ( 145 S.E.2d 294); U.S. I. F. Atlanta Corp. v. Hagy, 136 Ga. App. 350 ( 221 S.E.2d 227); Evans v. Smithdeal, 143 Ga. App. 287 ( 238 S.E.2d 278). In Brown-Wright c. Corp. v. Bagen, 112 Ga. App. 300, 302, supra, it was held: "`The disclosure of an agency is not complete for the purpose of relieving the agent from personal liability unless it embraces the name of the principal; without that, the party dealing with the agent may understand that he intended to pledge his personal liability and responsibility in support of the contract and for its performance.