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# O.C.G.A. § 13-4-5. Effect of execution of second contract upon same matter; novation.

A simple contract regarding the same matter and based on no new consideration does not destroy another simple contract between the same parties; but, if new parties are introduced so as to change the person to whom the obligation is due, the original contract is at an end.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2686; Code 1868, § 2682; Code 1873, § 2724; Code 1882, § 2724; Civil Code 1895, § 3641; Civil Code 1910, § 4226; Code 1933, § 20-115.

## Law Reviews

For comment on Acree v. Kay, 188 Ga. 783, 4 S.E.2d 820 (1939), see 2 Ga. B.J. 61 (1940).