Scope of agent's power.

- There is conferred upon agent no greater power than that possessed by the principal. Tippins v. Cobb County Parking Auth., 213 Ga. 685, 100 S.E.2d 893 (1957).

There was no merit to a homeowner's argument that a restrictive covenant barring "For Sale" signs in a subdivision did not apply to the homeowner's real estate agent; under O.C.G.A. §§ 10-6-20 and10-6-25, an agent could do no more than a principal. Godley Park Homeowners Ass'n v. Bowen, 286 Ga. App. 21, 649 S.E.2d 308 (2007).

Principal may recover future money deposited with agent for speculation, as the action is not one to enforce an illegal contract, but to recover money in the hands of an agent belonging to the principal. Clark, Harrison & Co. v. Brown, 77 Ga. 606, 4 Am. St. R. 98 (1886).

Cited in Iteld v. Karp, 85 Ga. App. 835, 70 S.E.2d 378 (1952).

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 3 Am. Jur. 2d, Agency, §§ 17, 55.

ALR.

- Right to recover against employee or his bond for money or property, the fruits of an employment involving a violation of law, 2 A.L.R. 906.

Right to recover money which the plaintiff placed in the hands of an agent, to be used for gambling purposes, 3 A.L.R. 1635.

Illegality of transaction or proposed transaction as affecting right of real estate broker to commission for promoting it, 85 A.L.R. 274.