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Call Now: 904-383-7448Any person who is of sound mind may be appointed an agent; so a principal shall be bound by the acts of his infant agent.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 2159; Code 1868, § 2155; Code 1873, § 2181; Code 1882, § 2181; Civil Code 1895, § 3001; Civil Code 1910, § 3573; Code 1933, § 4-102.)
Insane persons are generally declared incompetent to be agents. Central of Ga. Ry. v. Hall, 124 Ga. 322, 52 S.E. 679, 110 Am. St. R. 170, 4 L.R.A. (n.s.) 898, 4 Ann. Cas. 128 (1905).
Bank or lending institution may act as agent for another. Heard v. Decatur Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 157 Ga. App. 130, 276 S.E.2d 253 (1980).
Attorney at law is agent of highest rank for client. Scroggins v. Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy (In re Kaleidoscope, Inc.), 15 Bankr. 232 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 1981), rev'd on other grounds, 25 Bankr. 729 (N.D. Ga. 1982).
Cited in Puckett v. Reese, 203 Ga. 716, 48 S.E.2d 297 (1948); Butler v. Moore, 125 Ga. App. 435, 188 S.E.2d 142 (1972); Pendley v. Jessee, 134 Ga. App. 138, 213 S.E.2d 496 (1975).
- 3 Am. Jur. 2d, Agency, § 12 et seq.
- 2A C.J.S., Agency, §§ 25, 28.
- Infant's appointment of agent, and acts of agent thereunder, as void or voidable, 31 A.L.R. 1001.
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Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2008-07-07
Citation: 663 S.E.2d 679, 284 Ga. 128, 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 2299, 2008 Ga. LEXIS 567
Snippet: disposition of all pending matters. The new OCGA § 17-10-6.3 (a) reads as follows: As used in this Code section