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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 13. CONTRACTS · Chapter 5. DEFENSES · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

13-5-4. Mistake of fact or law.

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  1. If the consideration upon which a contract is based was given as a result of a mutual mistake of fact or of law, the contract cannot be enforced.

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, § 2707; Code 1868, § 2701; Code 1873, § 2743; Code 1882, § 2743; Civil Code 1895, § 3660; Civil Code 1910, § 4245; Code 1933, § 20-308.

Cross references

Pleading of mistake as a defense, § 9-11-9. Equitable principles regarding accident and mistake generally, § 23-2-20 et seq.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t13-(v11)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V11, 2010 edition, page 304; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 18573afb153d.