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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-6-56. Effect of representations or concealment on principal.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-6-56. Effect of representations or concealment on principal.

The principal shall be bound by all representations made by his agent in the business of his agency and also by his willful concealment of material facts, although they are unknown to the principal and known only by the agent.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2177; Code 1868, § 2173; Code 1873, § 2199; Code 1882, § 2199; Civil Code 1895, § 3026; Civil Code 1910, § 3598; Code 1933, § 4-307.