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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-12-21. Rights and remedies to enforce choses in action.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-12-21. Rights and remedies to enforce choses in action.

For every violation of an express or implied contract and for every injury done by another to one’s person or property, the law gives a right to recover and a remedy to enforce it. The right is a chose in action, and the remedy is an action at law.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2223; Code 1868, § 2217; Code 1873, § 2243; Code 1882, § 2243; Civil Code 1895, § 3076; Civil Code 1910, § 3652; Code 1933, § 85-1802.