28-10-403. Ostensible authority defined. 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.
History: En. Sec. 3093, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5432, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7947, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2317; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1235; re-en. Sec. 7947, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 2-124.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 28. Contracts and Other Obligations
28-10-401. What authority agent has
28-10-402. Actual authority defined
28-10-403. Ostensible authority defined
28-10-404. When and as to whom agent's authority restricted
28-10-405. Implied powers of agent
28-10-406. Interpretation of authority given partly in general and partly in specific terms
28-10-407. Statutory exceptions to general authority
28-10-408. When agent may disobey instructions
28-10-409. No authority to defraud principal
28-10-410. through 28-10-420 reserved
28-10-421. What included in authority to sell personal property