Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Tift
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Bower. Dougherty superior court. October term, 1895.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
1. 'Where a corporation holds -out to the world a. person as its general agent, with ostensible authority to act for - and bind it as such, other persons dealing with such an agent. are not bound by private limitations upon his authority of which they -have no notice or knowledge.
2. If such a general agent, in carrying out a contract made by himself for his principal with another who acts upon the faith, that the agency is general, employs a subagent to attend to-mere matters of detail within the scope of the contract, the-principal will he bound by the acts of the subagent thus performed,…
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