Indian Contract Act, 1872
237. Liability of principal inducing
belief that agent's unauthorized acts were authorized
When an agent has, without authority, done acts or incurred
obligations to third person on behalf of his principal, the principal is bound
by such acts or obligations, if he has by his word or conduct induced such
third person to believe that such acts and obligations were within the scope of
the agent's authority.
Illustrations
(a) A consigns goods to B for sale, and gives him instructions
not to sell under a fixed price. C, being ignorant of B's instruction, enters
into a contract with B to buy the goods at a price lower than the reserved
price. A is bound by the contract
(b) A entrusts B with negotiable instruments endorsed in blank.
B sells them to C in violation of private order from A. The sale is good.