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A sub-agent is responsible to the principal on which of the following grounds?

For a properly appointed sub-agent, section 192 makes the sub-agent responsible to the agent, but ordinarily not directly to the principal. Fraud or wilful wrong is the…

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A sub-agent is responsible to the principal on which of the following grounds?

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For a properly appointed sub-agent, section 192 makes the sub-agent responsible to the agent, but ordinarily not directly to the principal. Fraud or wilful wrong is the express exception creating responsibility to the principal. Negligence alone is not that direct-responsibility exception.

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