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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3007",
  "article_number": "3007",
  "heading": "Mandatary's liability for acts of the substitute",
  "text": "When the mandatary is authorized to appoint a substitute, he is answerable to the principal for the acts of the substitute only if he fails to exercise diligence in selecting the substitute or in giving instructions.\n\nWhen not authorized to appoint a substitute, the mandatary is answerable to the principal for the acts of the substitute as if the mandatary had performed the mandate himself.\n\nIn all cases, the principal has recourse against the substitute.",
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      "level": "book",
      "number": "III",
      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
    },
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "XV",
      "name": "Representation and Mandate"
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      "number": "2",
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      "name": "Relations between the Principal and the Mandatary"
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  "breadcrumb": "Book III › Title XV › Chapter 2 › Section 2",
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      "act_year": 1997,
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      "effective_date": "1998-01-01",
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    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1997, No. 261, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.",
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