State v. West’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McDonald, Adm'r v. Strawn · Deboer Construction, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant v. Reliance Insurance Company and the Insurance Center, Inc., Defendants-Appellants-Appellees · In Re the Estate of Rolater · Owens v. Clark · Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp. v. Wilhoit
Most-quoted passages
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“if a person has means of knowledge reasonably open to him as to the limits of the agent's authority, he cannot hold the principal unless he uses ordinary diligence to ascertain them, even in those situations in which a principal is otherwise held although the agent goes beyond his authority. He has means of knowledge if he knows or has reason to know that the authority is evidenced by a document open to and intended for his inspection.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“one who deals with an agent knowing that his authority is circumscribed and that the agent's acts transcends the agent's powers cannot hold the agent's principal”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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