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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-5-35. Apportionment of price for deficiency in number of acres; rescission.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-5-35. Apportionment of price for deficiency in number of acres; rescission.

In a sale of lands, if the purchase is per acre, a deficiency in the number of acres may be apportioned in the price. If the sale is by the tract or the entire body, a deficiency in the quantity sold cannot be apportioned. If the sale is by a quantity of acres with the qualification ‘‘more or less’’ added, any deficiency is not apportionable unless the deficiency is so great as to constitute a willful deception or mistake amounting to fraud. In this event, the purchaser may demand a rescission of the sale or an apportionment of the purchase price.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2598; Code 1868, § 2600; Code 1873, § 2642; Code 1882, § 2642; Civil Code 1895, § 3542; Civil Code 1910, § 4122; Code 1933, § 29-201; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 33.

## Law Reviews

For article surveying developments in Georgia real property law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 219 (1981).