California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 4 — Obligations Arising from Particular Transactions, Title 9 — Agency, Chapter 1 — Agency in General, Article 3 — Mutual Obligations of Principals and Third Persons, Section 2333
When an agent exceeds his authority, his principal is bound by his authorized acts so far only as they can be plainly separated from those which are unauthorized.
Notes
Limits a principal’s responsibility when an agent exceeds authority to the agent’s authorized acts that can be plainly separated from the unauthorized acts. The principal is bound by those separable authorized acts, making separability the stated condition for binding the principal when an agent combines authorized and unauthorized conduct.
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