§ 10-6-63. When Principal May Recover Money or Goods Illegally or Mistakenly Paid or Wrongfully Transferred by Agent
The principal may recover back money paid illegally or by mistake of his agent or goods wrongfully transferred by the agent, the party receiving the goods having notice of the agent’s want of authority or willful misconduct. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2183; Code 1868, § 2179; Code 1873, § 2205; Code 1882, § 2205; […]
§ 10-6-52. Ratification Relates Back to Agent’s Act; How Act Ratified; No Revocation of Ratification
A ratification by the principal shall relate back to the act ratified and shall take effect as if originally authorized. A ratification may be express or implied from the acts or silence of the principal. A ratification once made may not be revoked. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2170; Code 1868, § 2166; Code 1873, […]
§ 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, § […]
§ 10-6-51. Principal Bound by Acts Within Scope of Authority; No Right to Ratify in Part
The principal shall be bound by all the acts of his agent within the scope of his authority; if the agent shall exceed his authority, the principal may not ratify in part and repudiate in part; he shall adopt either the whole or none. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2172; Code 1868, § 2168; Code […]