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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-6-1. Creation of agency relationship.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-6-1. Creation of agency relationship.

The relation of principal and agent arises wherever one person, expressly or by implication, authorizes another to act for him or subsequently ratifies the acts of another in his behalf.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2157; Code 1868, § 2152; Code 1873, § 2178; Code 1882, § 2178; Civil Code 1895, § 2997; Civil Code 1910, § 3569; Code 1933, § 4-101.