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Article 1910Obligations of the Principal
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The principal must comply with all the
obligations which the agent may have contracted within
the scope of his authority.
As for any obligation wherein the agent has exceeded his
power, the principal is not bound except when he ratifies
it expressly or tacitly. (1727)
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