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special agency

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From 76 U.S. 766 - Butler v. Maples · 1869Most cited · 51 citing opinions

The purpose of a special agency is a single transaction, or a transaction with designated persons. It does not leave to the agent any discretion as to the persons with whom he may contract for the principal, if he be empowered to make more than one contract. Authority to buy for a principal a single article of merchandise by one contract, or to buy several articles from a person named, is a special agency.