Hooper v. Merchants Bank & Trust Co.

The defendant’s exceptions challenge instruction given to the jury in the county court as follows: “The principal is held to be liable on contracts duly made by his agent with a third person (1) when the agent acts within the scope of his actual authority; (2) when the contract, although unwise, has been ratified; (3) when the agent acts within the scope of his apparent authority, unless the third person has notice that the agent is exceeding his authority, the term “apparent authority,” including the power to do whatever is usually done and' necessary to be done, in order to carry into…