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Home » US Law » 2022 Georgia Code » Title 10 - Commerce and Trade » Chapter 6 - Agency » Article 3 - Rights and Liabilities of Principal to Third Persons » § 10-6-50. Scope of Agent’s Authority; Effect of Private Instructions; Dealing With Special Agent

The agent’s authority shall be construed to include all necessary and usual means for effectually executing it. Private instructions or limitations not known to persons dealing with a general agent shall not affect them. In special agencies for a particular purpose, persons dealing with the agent should examine his authority.

History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2174; Code 1868, § 2170; Code 1873, § 2196; Code 1882, § 2196; Civil Code 1895, § 3023; Civil Code 1910, § 3595; Code 1933, § 4-301.

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For article surveying the law in Georgia on admissions, see 8 Mercer L. Rev. 252 (1957).