1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 28
  3. CHAPTER 10
  4. Part 6
  5. 28-10-606 Extent to which principal bound by acts under ostensible authority

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

CHAPTER 10. AGENCY

Part 6. Rights and Liabilities of Principal

Extent To Which Principal Bound By Acts Under Ostensible Authority

28-10-606. Extent to which principal bound by acts under ostensible authority. A principal is bound by acts of the principal's agent under a merely ostensible authority to those persons only who have in good faith and without ordinary negligence incurred a liability or parted with value upon the faith of the authority.

History: En. Sec. 3114, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5446, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7961, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2334; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1249; re-en. Sec. 7961, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 2-205; amd. Sec. 809, Ch. 56, L. 2009.