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CIV § 2343

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Civil Code - CIV
  2. DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]
  3. PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]
  4. TITLE 9. AGENCY [2295. - 2400.]
  5. CHAPTER 1. Agency in General [2295. - 2357.]
  6. ARTICLE 4. Obligations of Agents to Third Persons [2342. - 2345.]

One who assumes to act as an agent is responsible to third persons as a principal for his acts in the course of his agency, in any of the following cases, and in no others:

1. When, with his consent, credit is given to him personally in a transaction;

2. When he enters into a written contract in the name of his principal, without believing, in good faith, that he has authority to do so; or,

3. When his acts are wrongful in their nature.

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