If the goods intrusted to an agent should suffer any change, making their sale urgent in order to save as much as possible of their value, and the haste were such that there is no time to advise the principal and await his orders, the agent shall apply to the judge or court of competent jurisdiction, who shall authorize the sale with the formalities and precautions he may consider most beneficial to the principal.\nHistory —Commerce Code, 1932, § 187.
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