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title: O.C.G.A. § 24-14-23. Presumption from failure to answer business letter.
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# O.C.G.A. § 24-14-23. Presumption from failure to answer business letter.

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.

## History

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).