59-3-2. Actual authority defined.
Actual authority is such as a principal intentionally confers upon the agent, or intentionally or by want of ordinary care, allows the agent to believe himself to possess.
Source: CivC 1877, §1355; CL 1887, §3978; RCivC 1903, §1674; RC 1919, §1256; SDC 1939, §3.0202.