§ 2334

California Civil Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

A principal is bound by acts of his agent, under a merely ostensible authority, to those persons only who have in good faith, and without want of ordinary care, incurred a liability or parted with value, upon the faith thereof.

(Amended by Stats. 1905, Ch. 457.)

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