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2018 Georgia Code 23-1-13 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 23 EQUITY

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

23-1-13. Volunteer's equity inferior.

The equity under trust or contract for value is superior to that of a mere volunteer.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 3021; Code 1868, § 3033; Code 1873, § 3088; Code 1882, § 3088; Civil Code 1895, § 3928; Civil Code 1910, § 4525; Code 1933, § 37-108.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

A donee claiming land under a deed of gift stands in the shoes of her grantor. Hughes v. Cobb, 195 Ga. 213, 23 S.E.2d 701 (1942).

Cited in Payton v. Payton, 148 Ga. 486, 97 S.E. 69 (1918); Cain v. Varnadore, 171 Ga. 497, 156 S.E. 216 (1930).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 30 C.J.S., Equity, § 89.

ALR.

- Relaxation of common-law rule regarding recovery of voluntary payment, 75 A.L.R. 658.

Right to reformation of contract or instrument as affected by intervening rights of third persons, 79 A.L.R.2d 1180.

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