2021 Georgia Code
Title 13 - Contracts
Chapter 7 - Setoff and Recoupment
§ 13-7-8. Allowance of Setoff of Debt of Testator or Intestate Against Representative of Estate
A debt of a testator or intestate is not a proper setoff against a debt contracted with the representative of the estate unless both were contracted during the lifetime of the decedent.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 2846; Code 1868, § 2854; Code 1873, § 2905; Code 1882, § 2905; Civil Code 1895, § 3751; Civil Code 1910, § 4345; Code 1933, § 20-1306.)
Cross references.- Counterclaim and cross-claim, § 9-11-13.
Joinder of claims and remedies under Civil Practice Act, § 9-11-18.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Claim brought before death of testator may be setoff. Nix v. Ellis, 118 Ga. 345, 45 S.E. 404 (1903).
Cited in Drew v. Drew, 25 Ga. App. 355, 103 S.E. 196 (1920); Shingler v. Furst, 176 Ga. 497, 168 S.E. 557 (1933); National Sur. Corp. v. Algernon Blair, Inc., 114 Ga. App. 30, 150 S.E.2d 256 (1966).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Right of set-off as between decedent's debt to corporation and dividend declared by corporation after his death, 84 A.L.R. 738.
