South Dakota Statutes

§ 59-6-3 — Principal bound by acts of agent under ostensible authority.

South Dakota § 59-6-3
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 59AGENCY
Ch. 59-5RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND THIRD PERSONS

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S.D. Codified Laws § 59-6-3 (2026).

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A principal is bound by acts of his agent under ostensible authority, to those persons only who have in good faith, and without negligence, incurred a liability or parted with value upon the faith thereof.

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Legislative History

CivC 1877, § 1370; CL 1887, § 3993; RCivC 1903, § 1689; RC 1919, § 1271; SDC 1939, § 3.0303.

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