4 Corbin on Contracts § 23.6


Summary

Signature in Name of Principal or Agent Suffices

It is provided by the statute of frauds in express words that its requirements are satisfied by a contract or memorandum that is signed by the agent of the party to be charged. The agent must be “thereunto lawfully authorized.” If the authorization is to sign the name of the principal, the name so signed is of course a proper signature.1Link to the text of the note