28-10-607. When principal bound by incomplete execution of authority. 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.

     History: En. Sec. 3111, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5443, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7958, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2331; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1246; re-en. Sec. 7958, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 2-202.