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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-6-50. Scope of authority; general and special agents.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-6-50. Scope of authority; general and special agents.

The agent’s authority shall be construed to include all necessary and usual means for effectually executing it. Private instructions or limitations not known to persons dealing with a general agent shall not affect them. In special agencies for a particular purpose, persons dealing with the agent should examine his authority.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2174; Code 1868, § 2170; Code 1873, § 2196; Code 1882, § 2196; Civil Code 1895, § 3023; Civil Code 1910, § 3595; Code 1933, § 4-301.

## Law Reviews

For article surveying the law in Georgia on admissions, see 8 Mercer L. Rev. 252 (1957).