As against a principal, both principal and agent are deemed to have notice of whatever either has notice of, and ought, in good faith and the exercise of ordinary care and diligence, to communicate to the other.
Cal. Civ. Code § 2332
Mutual Obligations of Principals and Third Persons
Applied in 71 court decisions — leading case 46 Cal. 2d 715 - Desny v. Wilder (1956)
Most recently applied in Pacificare Life & Health Ins. Co. v. Jones (September 2018)
Enacted 1872.
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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.
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