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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-6-27. Principal’s right of recovery.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-6-27. Principal’s right of recovery.

A principal may follow his money deposited by an agent in the latter’s name and recover the same wherever found, unless the rights of innocent third persons shall have intervened.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 3005; Civil Code 1910, § 3577; Code 1933, § 4-208.

## History of Code Section.

This Code section is derived from the decision in Spain v. W.H. Beach & Son, 52 Ga. 494 (1874).