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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-12-23. Assignment of a fund.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-12-23. Assignment of a fund.

A fund may be assigned in writing. The written acceptance of a draft will be treated as an assignment pro tanto of funds of the drawer in the hands of the acceptor.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 3078; Civil Code 1910, § 3654; Code 1933, § 85-1804.

## History of Section.

This Code section is derived from the decisions in Baer v. English & Co., 84 Ga. 403, 11 S.E. 453 (1890) and Jones v. Glover, 93 Ga. 484, 21 S.E. 50 (1893).