Georgia Code, Title 10, Chapter 6, Article 4 - Rights and Liabilities of Agent As to Third Persons

• § 10-6-80 - Agent May Prosecute Legal Remedies for Principal; Parol Authority; Liability If Act Repudiated
  Any act authorized or required to be done under this Code by any person in the prosecution of his legal remedies may be done...
• § 10-6-81 - Recovery of Money Paid to or by Agent by Mistake
  If money shall be paid to an agent by mistake and he in good faith shall pay it over to his principal, he shall...
• § 10-6-82 - Agent's Right of Action on Principal's Contracts
  Generally, an agent shall have no right of action on contracts made for his principal. The following are exceptions: (1) A factor contracting on...
• § 10-6-83 - Right of Action by Agent for Interference With His Possession
  An agent having possession, actual or constructive, of the property of his principal shall have a right of action for any interference with that...
• § 10-6-84 - When Agent Exceeding Authority May Enforce Contract
  When the agent shall exceed his authority so that the principal is not bound, the agent may not enforce the contract in his own...
• § 10-6-85 - Individual Liability of Agent by Undertaking, When Exceeding Authority, and for Tort; Negligence of Underservant
  All agents, by an express undertaking to that effect, may render themselves individually liable. Every agent exceeding the scope of his authority shall be...
• § 10-6-86 - Liability of Person Signing Instrument As Agent or Fiduciary
  An instrument signed by one as agent, trustee, guardian, administrator, executor, or the like, without more, shall be the individual undertaking of the maker,...
• § 10-6-87 - When Agent Responsible for Credit Given; Question for Jury
  Where the agency is known and the credit is not expressly given to the agent, he shall not be personally responsible upon the contract....
• § 10-6-88 - When Public Agents Not Liable on Public Contract
  Public agents contracting in behalf of the public shall not be individually liable on such contracts.
• § 10-6-89 - Contract for Nonexisting Principal Void; Right of Action Against Purported Agent
  The contract of any person or corporation who purports as agent of a nonexisting principal to bind such nonexisting principal only shall be void....

Last modified: October 14, 2016