O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 23-2-26 (2019)

Accident or mistake in execution of power

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Accident or mistake in the execution of a power or causing the defective execution of the power will be remedied in equity.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3061; Code 1868, § 3073; Code 1873, § 3128; Code 1882, § 3128; Civil Code 1895,

§ 3986; Civil Code 1910, § 4583; Code 1933, § 37-218.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Mistake by one party to contract as to identity of other party who acted in good faith, 147 A.L.R. 1171.