2020 Georgia Code
Title 10 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 6 - Agency
Article 4 - Rights and Liabilities of Agent as to Third Persons
§ 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. The question to whom the credit is given is a question of fact to be decided by the jury under the circumstances in each case.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 2189; Code 1868, § 2185; Code 1873, § 2211; Code 1882, § 2211; Civil Code 1895, § 3039; Civil Code 1910, § 3611; Code 1933, § 4-406.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 3 Am. Jur. 2d, Agency, § 213 et seq.
C.J.S.- 3 C.J.S., Agency, §§ 564, 571.
ALR.
- Personal liability of servant or agent to third person for injuries caused by the performance or nonperformance of his duties to his employer, 20 A.L.R. 97; 99 A.L.R. 408; 96 A.L.R.2d 208.
Personal liability of auctioneer to owner or mortgagee for conversion, 96 A.L.R.2d 208.
Attorney's personal liability for expenses incurred in relation to services for client, 66 A.L.R.4th 256.
