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Ized, he is liable to the principal in an action of trover

for a conversion.

See Laverty v. Snethen, 68 N. Y. 522, 23 Am. Rep. 184, Cas. Ag.

486.

§ 175. Sudden emergency as excuse. — A departure

from instructions may be justified by a sudden emer-

gency not caused by the agent's fault, where there is no

time to communicate with the principal and a strict

compliance with the instructions would be detrimerj

to him.

90 Duties of agent to principal. [в§в§175-178.

See Foster v. Smith, 2 Cold. (Tenn.) 474, 88 Am. Dec. 604;

Greenleaf v. Moody, 13 Allen (Mass.) 363; Bartlett v. Sparkman, 95

Mo. 136, 6 Am. St. Rep. 35.

§ 176. Ambiguous instructions.— And if the instruc-

tions are ambiguous, and the agent in good faith adopts

one reasonable construction, he will not be liable be-

cause the principal may have intended another. Usage

will not justify a breach of positive instructions to the

contrary.

See Leroy v. Beard, 8 How. (U. S.) 451, Cas. Ag. 382.

§ 177. Effect of custom. — It is ordinarily not only

the right but the duty of the agent to observe and com-

ply with such valid and established customs and usages

as apply to the subject matter or the performance of

his agency. Such customs and usages, however, cannot

as between the principal and the agent, overrule posi-

tive instructions to the contrary.

See Wanless v. McCandless, 38 Iowa 20; Osborne v. Rider, 62

Wis. 235.

3. To Exercise Care.

§ 178. Duty to exercise care. — It is also the duty

of the agent not to be negligent in the performance of

his duty. Negligence is the failure to exercise that

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degree of care reasonably to be expected under the cir-

oimistances of the case — suchja degree of care as the

ordinarily prudent man would exercise under like cir-

cumstances. By accepting the employment, without

stipulating otherwise, the ageni impliedly warrants

that he possesses a competent degree of skill for the

duty, and that in performing the duty he will exercise

a reasonable degree of care, skill and diligence. He

does not agree that he will make no mistakes whatever,

or that he will exercise the highest skill or diligence,

§§178-180.] DUTIES OF AGENT TO PRINCIPAL. 97

but he does agree that he will exercise reasonable skill,

and that he will take the usual precautions.

See Page v. Wells, 37 Mich. 415, Cas. Ag. 493; Johnson v. Martin,

11 La. Ann. 27, 66 Am. Dec. 193, Cas. Ag. 495; Nixon V. Bogin, 26

S. Car. 611, Cas. Ag. 492; Bowerman v. Rogers, 125 U. S. 585, 31

L. ed. 815; Paul v. Grimm, 165 Pa. 139, 30 Atl. Rep. 721, 44 Am. St.

Rep. 648.

§ 171). Special skill required in some cases. — There

arc many cases, however, wherein more than the skill

possessed by the ordinary man may reasonably be re-

quired. Thus, where the agent is employed in a

capacity which implies the possession and exercise of

special skill, as, for example, when an attorney at law,

a broker, etc., undertakes to do some act in the line of

his special calling, then the skill ordinarily possessed

and exercised by persons pursuing that calling may rea-

sonably be required.

See Pennoyer v. Willis, 26 Oreg. 1, 46 Am. St. Rep. 594; Craig v.

Chambers, 17 Ohio St. 253; Howard v. Grover, 28 Me. 97; McNevins

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