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O.C.G.A. § 23-1-12 — Equity of misled party superior | Georgia Code

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TITLE 23 EQUITY

Section 1. General Provisions, 23-1-1 through 23-1-25.

23-1-12. Equity of misled party superior.

The equity of a party who has been misled is superior to that of the person who willfully misleads such party.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 3022; Code 1868, § 3034; Code 1873, § 3089; Code 1882, § 3089; Civil Code 1895, § 3929; Civil Code 1910, § 4526; Code 1933, § 37-109.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Frye v. Sims, 144 Ga. 74, 86 S.E. 249 (1915); Brown v. Brown, 209 Ga. 620, 75 S.E.2d 13 (1953); Levy v. Empire Ins. Co., 379 F.2d 860 (5th Cir. 1967).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 27 Am. Jur. 2d, Equity, § 20.

C.J.S.

- 30 C.J.S., Equity, § 48 et seq.

ALR.

- Right of victim of practical joke to recover against its perpetrator, 9 A.L.R. 364.

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