When a lessor, without knowledge of a lessee's death or of an adjudication of his incapacity, deals with a lessee's agent pursuant to a written power of attorney signed by the lessee, the transaction binds the lessee's estate and the lessee. History: 1953 Comp., § 48-15-146, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 242, § 6; 1975, ch. 257, § 8-121. ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 10 Am. Jur. 2d Banks §§ 472, 473.
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