Scope of authority; general and special agents

O.C.G.A. § 10-6-50, under RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF PRINCIPAL TO THIRD PERSONS.

O.C.G.A. § 10-6-50

The agent’s authority shall be construed to include all necessary and usual means for effectually executing it. Private instructions or limitations not known to persons dealing with a general agent shall not affect them. In special agencies for a particular purpose, persons dealing with the agent should examine his authority. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2174; Code 1868, § 2170; Code 1873, § 2196; Code 1882, § 2196; Civil Code 1895, § 3023; Civil Code 1910, § 3595; Code 1933, § 4-301.