Court Opinion

ID: 9687022
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 16:14:00.299228+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:52:20.866125
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UHLENHOPP, Justice
(dissenting).
The record makes clear that Wilson did not have actual authority, either express or implied, to post the bonds on Resolute’s behalf. As to apparent authority, the events are so bizarre surrounding the refusal of Resolute’s local agent to post the bonds, and the subsequent posting of them by Wilson, that I would hold the clerk did not act reasonably in accepting the bonds. “Apparent authority exists only to the extent that it is reasonable for the third person dealing with the agent to believe that the agent is authorized.” Restatement, Agency 2d § 8, Comment c.
I would reverse.
MASON and RAWLINGS, JJ., join in this dissent.