282 Ga. App. 307 - Ellis v. Fuller’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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1. “[w]here the only evidence that a person is an agent of another party is the mere assumption that such agency existed, or an inference drawn from the actions of that person that he or she was an agent of another party, such evidence has no probative value and is insufficient to authorize a finding that such agency exists.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 291 Ga. App. 101 - Capital Color Printing, Inc. v. Ahern

2. “The relation of principal and agent arises wherever one person, expressly or by implication, authorizes another to act for him or subsequently ratifies the acts of another in his behalf.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 302 Ga. App. 521 - Barrs v. Acree

3. “[A] party may express regret for the conduct of another and offer to pay for any resulting damages without ratifying that person's acts such that an agency relationship is created.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 302 Ga. App. 521 - Barrs v. Acree