2021 Georgia Code
Title 51 - Torts
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 51-1-12. Liability for Ratifying Tort
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.
(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.)
Law reviews.- For annual survey of labor and employment law, see 58 Mercer L. Rev. 211 (2006).
JUDICIAL DECISIONSANALYSIS
- General Consideration
- Applicability to Specific Cases
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 74 Am. Jur. 2d, Torts, § 64 et seq.
C.J.S.- 86 C.J.S., Torts, § 33.
ALR.
- Liability of wife for husband's torts, 12 A.L.R. 1459.
What amounts to ratification by principal or master of libel or slander by agent or servant, 139 A.L.R. 1066.
Liability of hospital or sanitarium for negligence of physician or surgeon, 69 A.L.R.2d 305.
Parents' liability for injury or damage intentionally inflicted by minor child, 54 A.L.R.3d 974.
Liability of estate for tort of executor, administrator, or trustee, 82 A.L.R.3d 892.
Principal's liability for punitive damages because of false arrest or imprisonment, or malicious prosecution, by agent or employee, 93 A.L.R.3d 826.
Liability of hospital or sanitarium for negligence of physician or surgeon, 51 A.L.R.4th 235.
