Montana § 28-10-702 When Agent Responsible To Third Persons As Principal

Montana Statutes

§ 28-10-702 — When Agent Responsible To Third Persons As Principal

Montana § 28-10-702

Title 28CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

Ch. 10AGENCY

Part 7Agent's Responsibility to Third Persons

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 28-10-702 (2026).

Text

28-10-702 . When agent responsible to third persons as principal. A person who assumes to act as an agent is responsible to third persons as a principal for acts in the course of the agency in any of the following cases and in no other:

(1)when, with the agent's consent, credit is given to the agent personally in a transaction;

(2)when the agent enters into a written contract in the name of the principal without believing in good faith that the agent has authority to do so; or

(3)when the agent's acts are wrongful in their nature.

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28-10-702 . When agent responsible to third persons as principal. A person who assumes to act as an agent is responsible to third persons as a principal for acts in the course of the agency in any of the following cases and in no other:
(1) when, with the agent's consent, credit is given to the agent personally in a transaction;
(2) when the agent enters into a written contract in the name of the principal without believing in good faith that the agent has authority to do so; or
(3) when the agent's acts are wrongful in their nature.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 3131, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5453, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7968, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2343; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1256; re-en. Sec. 7968, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 2-212; amd. Sec. 813, Ch. 56, L. 2009.