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2020 Georgia Code
Title 23 - Equity
Chapter 2 - Grounds for Equitable Relief
Article 2 - Accident and Mistake
§ 23-2-23. Mistake of Law in Instrument by Agent
Universal Citation: GA Code § 23-2-23 (2020)
A mistake of law by the draftsman or other agent, by which the contract, as executed, does not fulfill or violates the manifest intention of the parties to the agreement, may be relieved in equity.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 3056; Code 1868, § 3068; Code 1873, § 3123; Code 1882, § 3123; Civil Code 1895, § 3980; Civil Code 1910, § 4577; Code 1933, § 37-205.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 27 Am. Jur. 2d, Equity, §§ 35, 36.
C.J.S.- 30 C.J.S., Equity, § 44 et seq.
ALR.
- Relief in equity from mistake of law, 75 A.L.R. 896.
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