An agent can, by parol contract entered into in his own name, bind a principal whose name does not appear in the instrument executed in pursuance thereof. So held, in an action by executors to recover rent upon a lease not under seal, the copy adduced being signed by the lessee only, and the plaintiffs being described therein as landlords, with the word "agents" after their names. Nicoll v. Burke, 45 N. Y. Super. Ct. 75. See Sec. 601.