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.