An agent represents his principal for all purposes within the scope of his actual or ostensible authority, and all the rights and liabilities which would accrue to the agent from transactions within such limit, if they had been entered into on his own account, accrue to the principal.
Cal. Civ. Code § 2330
Mutual Obligations of Principals and Third Persons
Applied in 33 court decisions — leading case 17 Cal. 3d 699 - Madden v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (1976)
Most recently applied in 242 Cal. Rptr. 3d 483 - Prout v. Dep't of Transp. (December 2018)
Enacted 1872.
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Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.