An agency is actual when the agent is really employed by the principal.
Cal. Civ. Code § 2299
Definition of Agency
Applied in 30 court decisions — leading case 3 Cal. 4th 758 - Woosley v. State of California (1992)
Most recently applied in Valentine v. Plum Healthcare Grp., LLC (July 2019)
Enacted 1872.
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