Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 13. CONTRACTS · Chapter 4. MODIFICATION, EXTINGUISHMENT, AND RENEWAL · Article 5. RELEASE

13-4-81. Covenant not to sue; bond to indemnify debtor against debt.

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A covenant never to sue is equivalent to a release as is a bond to indemnify a debtor against his own debt.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2802; Code 1868, § 2810; Code 1873, § 2861; Code 1882, § 2861; Civil Code 1895, § 3714; Civil Code 1910, § 4308; Code 1933, § 20-909.

Law reviews

For survey article on torts, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 271 (1982). For comment on Atlantic C.L.R.R. v. Ouzts, 82 Ga. App. 36, 60 S.E.2d 770 (1950), see 14 Ga. B.J. 246 (1951). For comment on Doster v. C.V. Nalley, Inc., 95 Ga. App. 862, 99 S.E.2d 432 (1957), concerning the distinction between a release and a covenant not to sue, see 21 Ga. B.J. 102 (1958).

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