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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-6-61. Effect of willful trespass by agent.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-6-61. Effect of willful trespass by agent.

The principal shall not be liable for the willful trespass of his agent unless done by his command or assented to by him.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2181; Code 1868, § 2177; Code 1873, § 2203; Code 1882, § 2203; Civil Code 1895, § 3031; Civil Code 1910, § 3603; Code 1933, § 4-312.

## Law Reviews

For note discussing the doctrine of respondeat superior, see 2 Ga. St. B. J. 478 (1966).