Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

24-14-29. Equitable estoppel.

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In order for an equitable estoppel to arise, there shall generally be some intended deception in the conduct or declarations of the party to be estopped, or such gross negligence as to amount to constructive fraud, by which another has been misled to his or her injury.

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History

Code 1981, § 24-14-29, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

Law reviews

For article, “The Legislative Process in Georgia Local Government Law,” see 5 Ga. L. Rev. 1 (1971). For article, “Promissory Estoppel and the Georgia Statute of Frauds,” see 15 Ga. L. Rev. 204 (1980).

Other notes

History of Section.: Former Code Section 24-4-27, which contained comparable provisions to this Code section, as effective January 1, 2013, was derived from the decision in Wilkins v. McGhehee, 86 Ga. 764, 13 S.E. 84 (1891).

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