Practice question
An owner tells a broker orally to sell a parcel. The broker signs a sale, but the only authority shown is oral and no other curative facts are stipulated. The buyer invokes the general possibility of oral agency. Which is correct?
- Every oral agency authorizes a land sale
- The buyer’s confidence replaces writing
- A broker’s license supplies every owner’s consent
- The sale automatically becomes a lease
- Article 1874 specifically requires the agent’s land-sale authority in writing and states voidness otherwise
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 1869 and 1874: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360
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