An employee who is expressly authorized to employ a substitute is liable to the employee’s principal only for want of ordinary care in the employee’s selection. The substitute is directly responsible to the principal.

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Source: CivC 1877, § 1146; CL 1887, § 3769; RCivC 1903, § 1465; RC 1919, § 1089; SDC 1939, § 17.0312; SL 2008, ch 276, § 20.