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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-3-114. Whom new promise by joint contractor binds.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-3-114. Whom new promise by joint contractor binds.

In cases of joint or joint and several contracts, a new promise by one of the contractors shall operate only against the promisor.

## History

Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 233, § 27; Code 1863, § 2879; Code 1868, § 2887; Code 1873, § 2938; Code 1882, § 2938; Civil Code 1895, § 3792; Civil Code 1910, § 4388; Code 1933, § 3-906.