Ostensible authority is such as a principal intentionally, or by want of ordinary care, causes or allows a third person to believe the agent to possess.
S.D. Codified Laws § 59-3-3
Ostensible authority defined
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Drier v. Perfection, Inc. (1977)
Most recently applied in 529 F. Supp. 2d 1061 - American Prairie Construction Co. v. Tri-State Financial, LLC (December 2007)
Source: CivC 1877, § 1356; CL 1887, § 3979; RCivC 1903, § 1675; RC 1919, § 1257; SDC 1939, § 3.0203
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.