An agent has such authority as the principal, actually or ostensibly, confers upon him.
Cal. Civ. Code § 2315
Authority of Agents
Applied in 22 court decisions — leading case 14 Cal. 3d 45 - Holz Rubber Co., Inc. v. American Star Ins. Co. (1975)
Most recently applied in Young v. Horizon West, Inc. (October 2013)
Enacted 1872.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.