Reed v. Gershweir

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• “Apparent authority can never be derived from the acts of the agent alone.”
• “Apparent or ostensible authority may be defined as that authority which the principal knowingly or negligently holds his agent out as possessing, or permits him to assume, under such circumstances as to estop the principal from denying its existence.”
• prescribing a three-part test for apparent agency

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