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title: O.C.G.A. § 23-2-52. Misrepresentation as legal fraud.
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# O.C.G.A. § 23-2-52. Misrepresentation as legal fraud.

Misrepresentation of a material fact, made willfully to deceive or recklessly without knowledge and acted on by the opposite party or made innocently and mistakenly and acted on by the opposite party, constitutes legal fraud.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3105; Code 1868, § 3117; Code 1873, § 3174; Code 1882, § 3174; Civil Code 1895, § 4026; Civil Code 1910, § 4623; Code 1933, § 37-703.

## Law Reviews

For article, ‘‘Consumer Protection Against Sellers Misrepresentations,’’ see 20 Mercer L. Rev. 414 (1969).