23-1-19. Sale to one without notice; sale by one without notice.

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If one with notice sells to one without notice, the latter shall be protected. If one without notice sells to one with notice, the latter shall be protected, as otherwise a bona fide purchaser might be deprived of selling his property for full value.

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.

Civil Code 1895, § 3938; Civil Code 1910, § 4535; Code 1933, § 37-114.

Power of person possessing voidable title to transfer goods to good faith purchaser for value, § 11-2-403.

History of Code section.: This Code section is derived from the decision in Collins v. Heath, 34 Ga. 443 (1866).

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