An authority expressed in general terms, however broad, does not authorize an agent to define the scope of his agency.

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Source: CivC 1877, § 1361, subdiv 2; CL 1887, § 3984, subdiv 2; RCivC 1903, § 1680, subdiv 2; RC 1919, § 1262 (2); SDC 1939, § 3.0205 (2).