O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 10-6-23 (2019)
Instructions from multiple principals
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Where several persons shall appoint an agent to do an act for their joint benefit, the instructions of one, not inconsistent with the general directions, shall protect the agent in his act.
History
Orig. Code 1863, § 2167; Code 1868, § 2163; Code 1873, § 2189; Code 1882, § 2189; Civil Code 1895, § 3013; Civil Code 1910, § 3585; Code 1933, § 4-207.
Annotations
Law reviews. For annual survey of law on business associations, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 41 (2010).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 3 Am. Jur. 2d, Agency, § 189 et seq. C.J.S. 2A C.J.S., Agency, §§ 31, 282 et seq. ALR. Liability of member of unincorporated
association for tortious acts association’s nonmember agent employee, 62 A.L.R.3d 1165.
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2009–2009 · leading case: Eayrs v. Absolute Roofing, Inc., 686 S.E.2d 432 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009).
Eayrs v. Absolute Roofing, Inc., 686 S.E.2d 432 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009). “Under OCGA § 10-6-23, if the principal is disclosed and the agent professes to act for him, the form in which the agent acts is immaterial and the act will be held to be the act of the principal.”
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