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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-3-91. Disabilities suffered after accrual of cause.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-3-91. Disabilities suffered after accrual of cause.

If any person suffers a disability specified in Code Section 9-3-90 after his right of action has accrued and the disability is not voluntarily caused or undertaken by the person claiming the benefit thereof, the limitation applicable to his cause of action shall cease to operate during the continuance of the disability.

## History

Laws 1817, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 567.; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 233, § 20; Code 1863, § 2868; Code 1868, § 2876; Code 1873, § 2927; Code 1882, § 2927; Civil Code 1895, § 3780; Civil Code 1910, § 4375; Code 1933, § 3-802.