O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 13-7-8 (2019)

Allowance of setoff of debt of testator or intestate against representative of estate

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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A debt of a testator or intestate is not a proper setoff against a debt contracted with the representative of the estate unless both were contracted during the lifetime of the decedent.

History

(Orig. Code 1863, § 2846; Code 1868, § 2854; Code 1873, § 2905; Code 1882, § 2905; Civil Code 1895, § 3751; Civil Code 1910, § 4345; Code 1933, § 20-1306.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Counterclaim and cross-claim, § 9-11-13. Joinder of claims and remedies under Civil Practice Act, § 9-11-18. JUDICIAL DECISIONS Claim brought before death of testator may be setoff. Nix v. Ellis, 118 Ga. 345, 45 S.E. 404 (1903). Cited in Drew v. Drew, 25 Ga. App. 355,

103 S.E. 196 (1920); Shingler v. Furst, 176 Ga. 497, 168 S.E. 557 (1933); National Sur. Corp. v. Algernon Blair, Inc., 114 Ga. App. 30, 150 S.E.2d 256 (1966).

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Right of set-off as between decedent’s debt to corporation and dividend

declared by corporation after his death, 84 ALR 738.