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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-1-530. Liability for sale of stolen horse or mule.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-1-530. Liability for sale of stolen horse or mule.

Any auctioneer who may sell or dispose of any horse or mule shall be held responsible to the purchaser for damages in the event it is shown and proved that the horse or mule so sold by him was stolen.

## History

Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 260, § 1; Code 1868, § 1439; Code 1873, § 1426; Code 1882, § 1426; Civil Code 1895, § 3563; Civil Code 1910, § 4143; Code 1933, § 96-502.

## Cross References

Regulation of business of auctioneers generally, § 43-6-1 et seq.