TROTTI v. NEAMS

Messrs. Efird Carroll, for appellant. No citations. Mr. W.W. Hawes, for respondent, cites: Notice of intention to appeal was too late: 77 S.C. 156. Exception too general: 100 S.C. 45. Allegation of fraud without charging injury is not sufficient: 78 S.C. 482. Where principal ratifies act of agent, third party cannot complain: 31 Cyc. 1290. After ratification, parties stand in same relation as if authority had been previously granted: 31 Cyc. 1283. No liability on agent acting without authority where ratification places third person in no worse position than he would have occupied had the agent acted under prior authority: 31 Cyc. 1285. And such agent is entitled to compensation: 31 Cyc. 1488. Effect of sale by unauthorized agent, afterwards confirmed: 37 S.C.L. (3 Rich.) 216.