One who deals with an agent without knowing or having reason to believe that the agent acts as such in the transaction may set off against any claim of the principal arising out of the same all claims which he might have set off against the agent before notice of the agency.
Ala. Code § 8-2-9
Setoff Against Principal’s Claim by Person Having Claim Against Agent Before Notice of Agency.
(Code 1923, §9540; Code 1940, T. 9, §74.)
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.