Opinion ID: 1817185
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Heading: did an agency relationship exist?

Text: Newsome testified that he had sold several other wrecked cars on behalf of Buchanan prior to selling the one he sold Collier. The existence and the scope of a principal-agent relationship is normally a question of fact to be determined by the jury. Lawler Mobile Homes, Inc. v. Tarver, 492 So.2d 297, 304-05 (Ala.1986). There was sufficient evidence for a jury to find that a principal-agent relationship existed and, as a result, we need not address Buchanan's contentions that Newsome, and not Buchanan, made the false representations. Apparent authority of an agent arises from the acts of the principal, either by omission or commission, and such authority is implied where the principal passively permits the agent to have the authority to act on his behalf. Id., at 304.