2019 Georgia Code
Title 51 - Torts
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 51-1-12. Liability for ratifying tort

Universal Citation: GA Code § 51-1-12 (2019)

By ratification of a tort committed for his own benefit, the ratifier becomes as liable as if he had commanded that it be committed. A person ratifying a tort does not become liable, however, if the act was done for the benefit of a third person.

History:

Orig. Code 1863, § 2906; Code 1868, § 2912; Code 1873, § 2963; Code 1882, § 2963; Civil Code 1895, § 3820; Civil Code 1910, § 4416; Code 1933, § 105-109.

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