Texas § CV.5201 - PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF AGENCY
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§ CV.5201. PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF AGENCY
PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF AGENCY. In prosecutions for the violation of any provision of this chapter, evidence that any person has acted as the agent of a corporation in the transaction of its business in this State shall be received as prima facie proof that his act in the name, behalf or interest of the corporation of which he was acting as the agent, was the act of the corporation. Acts 1907, 30th Leg., p. 142. Art. 5201a. PRIMA FACIE PROOF OF AGENCY. Evidence that any person has acted as the agent of a corporation in the transaction of its business in this State shall be received as prima facie proof that his act in the name, behalf or interest of the corporation of which he was acting as the agent, was the act of the corporation. Acts 1907, 30th Leg., p. 142, ch. 67. Amended by Acts 1909, 31st Leg., p. 160.
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