Mattice v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

Upon this appeal the defendant relies upon language in the case of Hansche v. A. J. Conroy, Inc., 222 Wis. 553, 269 N. W. 309, wherein this court said (pp. 560, 561) :

“Three elements are necessary to establish apparent agency: (1) Acts by the agent or principal justifying belief in the agency. (2) Knowledge thereof by the party sought to be held (in the present case, appellant). (3) Reliance thereon by the plaintiff, consistent with ordinary care and prudence. Domasek v. Kluck, 113 Wis. 336, 339, 89 N. W. 139. . . .

“The apparent authority for which the principal may be liable must be…