23-1-22. Interference with creditor.

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A diligent creditor shall not needlessly be interfered with in the prosecution of his legal remedies.

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, § 3942; Civil Code 1910, § 4539; Code 1933, § 37-121.

History of Code section.: This Code section is derived from the decision in Burgwyn Bros. Tobacco Co. v. Bentley & Co., 90 Ga. 508, 16 S.E. 216 (1892).

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