Exceptions to general authority--Agent cannot act in own name

An authority expressed in general terms, however broad, does not authorize an agent to act in his own name, unless it is the usual course of business to do so. Source: CivC 1877, § 1361, subdiv 1; CL 1887, § 3984, subdiv 1; RCivC 1903, § 1680, subdiv 1; RC 1919, § 1262 (1); SDC 1939, § 3.0205 (1).