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O.C.G.A. § 23-1-12 (2019)

Equity of misled party superior

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

History

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.

Annotations

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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1989–2012 · leading case: Rector of Christ Church v. Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, Inc., 718 S.E.2d 237 (Ga. 2011).
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Rector of Christ Church v. Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, Inc., 718 S.E.2d 237 (Ga. 2011). · cites it 8× “" • OCGA § 23-1-12—"The equity of a party who has been misled is superior to that of the person who willfully misleads such party.”
Thomason v. Kern & Co., 376 S.E.2d 872 (Ga. 1989). · cites it 4× “" OCGA § 23-1-12. Furthermore, "[h]e who would have equity must do equity.”
Rice v. Lost Mountain Homeowners Assoc., 604 S.E.2d 215 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “822, 826 (2) ( 301 SE2d 870 ) (1983); OCGA §§ 23-1-12 (“The equity of a party who has been misled is superior to that of the person who willfully misleads such party.”
nVision Global Tech. Solutions, Inc. v. Cardinal Health 5, LLC, 887 F. Supp. 2d 1240 (N.D. Ga. 2012). · cites it 2× “See O.C.G.A. § 23-1-12 (“The equity of a party who has been misled is superior to that of the person who willfully misleads such party.”
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