13-7-8. Allowance of setoff of debt of testator or intestate against representative of estate.

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

A debt of a testator or intestate is not a proper setoff against a debt contracted with the representative of the estate unless both were contracted during the lifetime of the decedent.

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, § 2846; Code 1868, § 2854; Code 1873, § 2905; Code 1882, § 2905; Civil Code 1895, § 3751; Civil Code 1910, § 4345; Code 1933, § 20-1306.

Cross references

Counterclaim and cross-claim, § 9-11-13. Joinder of claims and remedies under Civil Practice Act, § 9-11-18.

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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 496; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 18573afb153d.