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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3019",
  "article_number": "3019",
  "heading": "Liability when authority is exceeded",
  "text": "A mandatary who exceeds his authority is personally bound to the third person with whom he contracts, unless that person knew at the time the contract was made that the mandatary had exceeded his authority or unless the principal ratifies the contract.",
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      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
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      "number": "XV",
      "name": "Representation and Mandate"
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      "number": "2",
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      "name": "Relations between the Principal, the Mandatary, and Third Persons"
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1997, No. 261, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.",
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