Art. 1317.

No one may contract in the name of another without being

authorized by the latter, or unless he has by law a right to represent
him.

A contract entered into in the name of another by one who has no

authority or legal representation, or who has acted beyond his powers,
shall be unenforceable, unless it is ratified, expressly or impliedly, by
the person on whose behalf it has been executed, before it is revoked
by the other contracting party.

Art. 1403. The following contracts are unenforceable, unless they are
ratified:

(1) Those entered into in the name of another person by one who has
been given no authority or legal representation, or who has acted
beyond his powers.

Art. 1875. Agency is presumed to be for a compensation, unless there

is proof to the contrary.

Art. 1869. Agency may be express, or implied from the acts of the
principal, from his silence or lack of action, or his failure to repudiate
the agency, knowing that another person is acting on his behalf without
authority.

Agency may be oral, unless the law requires a specific form. (1710a)

Art. 1870. Acceptance by the agent may also be express, or implied

from his acts which carry out the agency, or from his silence or inaction
according to the circumstances. (n)

Art. 1891. Every agent is bound to render an account of his

transactions and to deliver to the principal whatever he may have
received by virtue of the agency, even though it may not be owing to
the principal.

Every stipulation exempting the agent from the obligation to render an

account shall be void.

Art. 1909. The agent is responsible not only for fraud, but also for
negligence, which shall be judged with more or less rigor by the courts,
according to whether the agency was or was not for a compensation.