2020 Georgia Code
Title 7 - Banking and Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Institutions
Article 2 - Banks and Trust Companies
Part 10 - Shareholders
§ 7-1-440. Derivative Actions by Shareholders; When Proper
A derivative action may be brought by a shareholder in the right of the bank or trust company to procure a judgment in its favor against directors, officers, or other representatives of the bank or trust company, or shareholders, or third parties, or any combination thereof, whenever the bank or trust company has a claim or cause of action which the representatives of the bank or trust company, in violation of their duties, have failed to enforce, including a claim or cause of action against such representatives for their failure in this respect.
(Code 1933, § 41A-2011, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 705, § 1.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 10 Am. Jur. 2d, Banks and Financial Institutions, § 313. 19 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 2231 et seq., 2312.
C.J.S.- 9 C.J.S., Banks and Banking, §§ 478, 479. 18A C.J.S., Corporations, § 479 et seq.
ALR.- Standard of Review in Shareholder Derivative Action on Appeal in Federal Court, 38 A.L.R. Fed. 3d Art. 3.
