Angle v. North-Western Mutual Life Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Persons dealing with an agent are entitled to the same protection as if dealing with the principal, to the extent that the agent acts within the scope of his authority.
Pursuant to that rule, it is settled law, that where a party to a negotiable instrument intrusts it to another for use as such, with blanks not filled up, such instrument so delivered carries on its face an implied authority to complete the same by filling up the blanks; but the authority implied from the existence of the blanks would not authorize the person intrusted with the instrument to vary or alter the material terms of…
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