General Overseas Films, Ltd. v. Robin International, Inc.

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• rejecting claim of apparent authority, as purported agent's execution of a guarantee by one corporation for the debt of an unrelated corporation \was extraordinary and thus sufficient to require inquiry\
• explaining that “a principal will not be bound by the act of his agent in excess of his actual authority where the facts and circumstances are such as to put the person dealing with the agent upon inquiry as to the power and good faith of the agent.”
• purported guarantee by a corporation of the debt of an unrelated corporation was extraordinary, and should have alerted the third party to the danger of fraud
• reliance not reasonable where plaintiff was not the type of company with whom defendant needed to deal swiftly and the nature of the specific transaction was extraordinary

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