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.
Alabama Legal Code
Section 8-2-6 - Principal Bound by Agent’s Acts Under Ostensible Authority
Source: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=8-2-6· Version 2026