59-3-2. Actual authority defined.Actual authority is such as a principal intentionally confers upon the agent, or intentionally or by want of ordinary care, allows the agent to believe himself to possess. Source: CivC 1877, §1355; CL 1887, §3978; RCivC 1903, §1674; RC 1919, §1256; SDC 1939, §3.0202.
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