Beckenstein v. Potter & Carrier, Inc.

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• holding that a conditional agreement that did not require compliance' — • unlike the agreements between Otis and the Colombian companies — did not establish sufficient control to create an agency relationship
• despite no principal and agent relationship court still needed to determine if there was apparent authority
• trial court correctly determined that there was insufficient evidence to establish agency relationship when there was no evidence that agent was working for benefit of principal
• The three elements of an agency relationship are \(1) a manifestation by the principal that the agent will act for him; (2) acceptance by the agent of the undertaking; and (3) an understanding CT Page 4733 between the parties that the principal will be in control of the undertaking.\

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