Emerson against Blonden
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1793 |
| Date | 01 January 1793 |
| Court | High Court |
English Reports Citation: 170 E.R. 306
IN THE COURTS OF KING'S BENCH AND COMMON PLEAS.
[142] Same day emerson against blonden. (Where a husband permits his wife to act for him in any department of business her admissions or acknowledgments are evidence to charge the husband.) Assumpsit for the use and occupation of certain rooms in the plaintiff's hoube, which had been let to the defendant The defendant and his wife had taken the apartments at a certain rent; the wife had made the bargain, and had agreed to give three months' notice of quitting Having quitted without notice, the action was brought to recover the three months' rent. A witness for the plaintiff proved a demand of the rent from the defendant's wife, and that she had acknowledged the sum claimed to be due, and had promised payment. Mingay for the defendant objected to this evidence, as it was admitting the declarations of the wife, and her acknowledgment of debt to charge the husband. It was answered by the plaintiff's counsel, that the defendant having in the present instance permitted his wife to act for him in making the agreement, and settling the terms upon which the lodgings were taken,that he had thereby constituted her his agent for that purpose, and should therefore be bound by...
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