If the assumption of agency is at variance with the real or putative intent of the principal and if the voluntary agent ought to have realised this, then they are liable to compensate the principal for damage arising from the voluntary agency even they are is not otherwise at fault.
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Book 2 · Law of obligations › Title 13 · Voluntary agency without specific authorisation › Section 678
Agency contrary to the will of the principal
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