Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 24. EVIDENCE · Chapter 14. PROOF GENERALLY · Article 2. PRESUMPTIONS AND ESTOPPEL

24-14-23. Presumption from failure to answer business letter.

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In the ordinary course of business, when good faith requires an answer, it is the duty of the party receiving a letter from another to answer within a reasonable time. Otherwise, the party shall be presumed to admit the propriety of the acts mentioned in the letter of the party’s correspondent and to adopt them.

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.

Code 1981, § 24-14-23, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

History of Section.: Former Code Section 24-4-23, which contained comparable provisions to this Code section, as effective January 1, 2013, was derived from the decisions in McLendon v. Wilson, Callaway & Co., 52 Ga. 42 (1874) and Bray & Bro. v. Gunn, 53 Ga. 144 (1874).

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