Accordingly "the courts were prepared on occasions to infer an intension by the promoter to assume personal liability on the contract" An important case is Kelner v Baxter (1866) where the promoters who had signed the contract on behalf of an unformed company were held to be personally liable. In this particular case the promoters of an unformed company agreed to purchase stock and signed an agreement, which stated ?on behalf of the Gravesend Royal Hotel Alexandra Hotel Company Limited'...
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In this particular case the promoters of an unformed company agreed to purchase stock and signed an agreement, which stated ?on behalf of the Gravesend Royal Hotel Alexandra Hotel Company Limited'. A difficultly had arisen as since the company had not yet been formed the promoters who signed the agreement could not be seen as agents of the company...
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