Any act authorized or required to be done under this Code by any person in the prosecution of his legal remedies may be done by his agent; and for this purpose he is authorized to make an affidavit and execute any bond required, though his agency shall be created by parol. In all such cases, if the principal shall repudiate the act of the agent, the agent, together with his sureties, shall be personally bound.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2185; Code 1868, § 2181; Code 1873, § 2207; Code 1882, § 2207; Civil Code 1895, § 3035; Civil Code 1910, § 3607; Code 1933, § 4-402.