A contract of sale of realty was made by one having no title nor authority in writing to execute such an instrument; the attorney for the purchaser was informed by the equitable owner that such person was authorized to sell, and was directed to see him in reference to the matter. Held, under code of civil procedure, that such statement was a ratification of the agent's authority which estopped the equitable owner from denying it. Gregg v. Carey, 4 Cal. App. 354, 88 P. 282.