alleryStart learning →A general authority to trade empowers an agent to:
AMerely endorse bills
BNeither accept nor endorse
CMerely accept bills
DBoth accept, endorse
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Neither accept nor endorse
Such general authority does not give power to accept or endorse bills so as to bind the principal.
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