Pan-american Petroleum Co. v. Williams

The Civil Code (1910), § 3613, declares: “All agents, by an express undertaking to that effect, may render themselves individually liable. And every agent exceeding the scope of his authority is individually liable to the person with whom he deals; so, also, for his own tortious act, whether acting by command of his principal or not, he is responsible; for the negligence of his underservant, employed by him in behalf of his principal, he is not responsible.” It is to be noted that the section just quoted *877states the law of Georgia as to the individual liability of agents, in three instances:…