O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 9-2-6 (2019)

Demand prior to action not necessary

✓ 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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No demand shall be necessary before the commencement of an action, except in such cases as the law or the contract prescribes.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3179; Code 1868, § 3190; Code 1873, § 3255; Code 1882,

§ 3255; Civil Code 1895, § 4935; Civil Code 1910, § 5512; Code 1933, § 3-106.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS When demand is condition precedent. - As a general rule, a demand is a condition precedent to suit when the demand constitutes an essential element of the cause of action, as when there is no precedent debt or duty and the defendant cannot properly be said to be in default until a demand has been made; in such a case, plaintiff cannot wait and fix the liability merely by filing suit. Cheeves v. Ayers, 43 Ga. App. 454, 159 S.E. 299, 1931 Ga. App. LEXIS 421 (1931).

Filing of suit was not a sufficient demand or call. Cheeves v. Ayers, 43 Ga. App. 454, 159 S.E. 299, 1931 Ga. App. LEXIS 421 (1931). In action for money had and received it is not necessary to allege a demand for and refusal of payment. Morgan v. Hutcheson, 61 Ga. App. 763, 7 S.E.2d 691, 1940 Ga. App. LEXIS 261 (1940).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 1 Am. Jur. 2d, Actions, § 58. C.J.S. 1A C.J.S., Actions, § 66. ALR. Commencement of action as compliance with or substitute for statutory notice as

condition of action for injury to person or property, 101 A.L.R. 726. Effect of failure before commencing action to obtain leave under statute providing that no action shall be brought upon a judgment without leave of court or judge, 160 A.L.R. 605.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1996–2017 · leading case: Roberts v. Gen. Motors Corp., 673 A.2d 779 (N.H. 1996).

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Roberts v. Gen. Motors Corp., 673 A.2d 779 (N.H. 1996). “, Ga. Code Ann. § 9-2-6 (Supp. 1995) (“[I]f the dismissal or discontinuance occurs after the expiration of the applicable period of limitation, this privilege of renewal shall be exercised only once.”

Richard Adams v. Avery Niles (11th Cir. 2017). “PER CURIAM: We affirm the district court’s grant of the defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint on the basis of Georgia’s statute of limitations and Georgia’s renewal statute, Ga. Code Ann. § 9-2-6 , based on the district court’s thorough and well-reasoned order…”

Adams v. Niles, 674 F. App'x 956 (11th Cir. 2017). “PER CURIAM: We affirm the district court’s grant of the defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiffs complaint on the basis of Georgia’s statute of limitations and Georgia’s renewal statute, Ga. Code Ann. § 9-2-6 , based on the district court’s thorough and well-reasoned order…”

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