Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 12. RIGHTS IN PERSONALTY · Article 3. BAILMENTS · Part 2. HIRING

44-12-66. Effect of loss or destruction of thing hired; liability of hirer.

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The loss or destruction of the thing hired without fault on the part of the hirer puts an end to the bailment, and the hirer is required to pay only for the time it was enjoyed.

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.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2063; Code 1868, § 2066; Code 1873, § 2092; Code 1882, § 2092; Civil Code 1895, § 2910; Civil Code 1910, § 3483; Code 1933, § 12-207.

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For annual survey of law of contracts, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 107 (1986).

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