Frieda Is an Administrative Assistant with Global Dispatch & Shipping

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Essay

Frieda is an administrative assistant with Global Dispatch & Shipping Corporation, but has no authority to sign Global Dispatch checks. Frieda orders merchandise from Home & Office Furnishings Company delivered to her home and pays with a Global Dispatch check, signing "Global Dispatch & Shipping Corp. by Frieda, admin. assist." Home & Office does not know that Frieda has no authority to sign the check. Who is liable on the check, and why?

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