Validity of a settlement where the agent claims the defendant acknowledges the claim and has authorized the agent to settle.

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If the agent states to the claimant, 'The defendant knows the validity of your claim and asks you to settle with him, and he has appointed me to settle on his behalf,' and the claimant settles, the settlement is valid. The ruling is as described because the defendant here has not refused to pay but has admitted the claim and settled upon it while offering the settlement, resembling a case where there was no initial denial.