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# O.C.G.A. § 9-7-3. Appointment of auditor in matters of account; on application and notice; on court’s own motion.

In all cases in the superior, state, or city courts involving matters of account, if the case shall require it, the judge may appoint an auditor to investigate the matters of account and report the result to the court upon the application of either party and after notice to the opposite party, or upon his own motion when in his judgment the facts and circumstances of any such case require it.

## History

Ga. L. 1895, p. 47, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 4582; Civil Code 1910, § 5128; Code 1933, § 10-102; Ga. L. 2007, p. 47, § 9/SB 103.

## Law Reviews

For article, “The Civil Jurisdiction of State and Magistrate Courts,” see 24 Ga. St. B. J. 29 (1987).

For article, “2019 Georgia Corporation and Business Organization Case Law Developments,” see 25 Ga. St. B.J. 30 (June 2020).