{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2306","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2306","heading":"","body":"An agent can never have authority, either actual or ostensible, to do an act which is, and is known or suspected by the person with whom he deals, to be a fraud upon the principal.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","TITLE 9. AGENCY [2295. - 2400.]","CHAPTER 1. Agency in General [2295. - 2357.]","ARTICLE 2. Authority of Agents [2304. - 2326.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"195fd68764e4acfb8b6cbabbb900ca4eb838f2cf93d74ef4894655b4595b5c25","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2305","next":"us-ca/civ-2307"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}