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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-189. Rights of purchaser at void or irregular sale.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-14-189. Rights of purchaser at void or irregular sale.

A purchaser at a void or irregular judicial sale under the foreclosure of a mortgage shall succeed to all of the interests of the mortgagee.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 5471; Civil Code 1910, § 6076; Code 1933, § 67-403.

## History of Section.

This Code section is a codification of the principle enunciated in Dutcher v. Hobby, 86 Ga. 198, 12 S.E. 356, 22 Am. St. R. 444, 10 L.R.A. 472 (1890).