ARTICLE 3. Mutual Obligations of Principals and Third Persons

Article 3 enacted 1872.

§§ 2330–2339 · 10 sections

• § 2330 An agent represents his principal for all purposes within the scope of his actual or ostensible authority, and all the rights and liabilities which would…
• § 2331 A principal is bound by an incomplete execution of an authority, when it is consistent with the whole purpose and scope thereof, but not otherwise.
• § 2332 As against a principal, both principal and agent are deemed to have notice of whatever either has notice of, and ought, in good faith and the exercise of…
• § 2333 When an agent exceeds his authority, his principal is bound by his authorized acts so far only as they can be plainly separated from those which are…
• § 2334 A principal is bound by acts of his agent, under a merely ostensible authority, to those persons only who have in good faith, and without want of ordinary…
• § 2335 If exclusive credit is given to an agent by the person dealing with him, his principal is exonerated by payment or other satisfaction made by him to his agent…
• § 2336 One who deals with an agent without knowing or having reason to believe that the agent acts as such in the transaction, may set off against any claim of the…
• § 2337 An instrument within the scope of his authority by which an agent intends to bind his principal, does bind him if such intent is plainly inferable from the…
• § 2338 Unless required by or under the authority of law to employ that particular agent, a principal is responsible to third persons for the negligence of his agent…
• § 2339 A principal is responsible for no other wrongs committed by his agent than those mentioned in the last section, unless he has authorized or ratified them, even…