A factor has ostensible authority to deal with the property of the principal as the factor's own in transactions with persons not having notice of the actual ownership.
Source notesHistory and annotations
En. Sec. 3172, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5465, Rev. C. 1907; re-en Sec. 7980, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2369; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1268; re-en. 7980, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 2-407; amd. Sec. 939, Ch. 56, L. 2009.