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title: O.C.G.A. § 18-2-25. Effect of misrepresentation or private agreement giving preference upon settlement between debtor and creditor.
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# O.C.G.A. § 18-2-25. Effect of misrepresentation or private agreement giving preference upon settlement between debtor and creditor.

If a debtor misrepresents or suppresses any material fact in the statement of his affairs either as to the amount of his property or of his indebtedness, the composition shall be void. If a debtor privately agrees to give a creditor better security or to pay a creditor more than other creditors, the contract with the others shall be void.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 2692; Civil Code 1910, § 3221; Code 1933, § 28-107.

## History of Section.

This Code section is derived from the decision in Woodruff & Co. v. Saul, 70 Ga. 271 (1883).