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# O.C.G.A. § 11-2-717. Deduction of damages from the price.

The buyer on notifying the seller of his intention to do so may deduct all or any part of the damages resulting from any breach of the contract from any part of the price still due under the same contract.

## History

Code 1933, § 109A-2-717, enacted by Ga. L. 1962, p. 156, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For article comparing consumer remedies under the Magnuson-Moss Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 2301-2312) and the U.C.C., see 27 Mercer L. Rev. 1111 (1976).

For article discussing the applicability of warranty provisions under the Uniform Commercial Code to domestic solar energy devices, see 30 Mercer L. Rev. 547 (1979).