O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 2-7-28 (2019)

Act of agent imputed to principal

✓ 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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In construing and enforcing this article, the act, omission, or failure of any official, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any association, partnership, corporation, or other principal within the scope of his employment or office shall in every case be deemed the act, omission, or failure of such association, partnership, corporation, or other principal, as well as that of the individual.

History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 16.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Agent criminally liable for quarantine violation. - The fact that the manager of a company was acting for the manager’s employer in violating a quar-

antine established by the director of entomology (now Commissioner) would not relieve the manager of individual criminal liability. 1945-47 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 8.