3705. Existence of Agency Relationship Disputed

3705. Existence of "Agency" Relationship Disputed Instruction No 1 Request by Plaintiff Given as Proposed Refused Withdrawn Request by Defendant Given as Modified Requested by Given on Court's Motion Judge Instruction No 1 [Name of plaintiff] claims that [name of agent] was [name of defendant]'s agent and that [name of defendant] is therefore responsible for [name of agent]'s conduct. If [name of plaintiff] proves that [name of defendant] gave [name of agent] authority to act on [his/her/its] behalf, then [name of agent] was [name of defendant]'s agent. This authority may be shown by words or may be implied by the parties' conduct. This authority cannot be shown by the words of [name of agent] alone. ________________________________________________________________________________ New September 2003