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Section 234 Contract Act — Consequence of inducing agent or principal to act on belief that principal or agent w ill be held exclusively liable

The Indian Contract Act, 1872 · Official PDF page 51

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234. Consequence of inducing agent or principal to act on belief that principal or agent w ill be held exclusively liable.—When a person who has made a contract with an agent induces the agent to act upon the belief that the principal only will be held liable, or induces the principal to act up on the belief that the agent only will be held liable, he cannot afterwards hold liable the agent or principal respectively.

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