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# O.C.G.A. § 10-6-51. Effect of acts within and outside scope of authority.

The principal shall be bound by all the acts of his agent within the scope of his authority; if the agent shall exceed his authority, the principal may not ratify in part and repudiate in part; he shall adopt either the whole or none.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2172; Code 1868, § 2168; Code 1873, § 2194; Code 1882, § 2194; Civil Code 1895, § 3021; Civil Code 1910, § 3593; Code 1933, § 4-302.

## Law Reviews

For note discussing governmental immunity from tort liability in Georgia, see 5 Ga. St. B. J. 494 (1969).