Georgia Code
Article 2 - Relations Between Principal and Agent
§ 10-6-34. Revocation of Agency — Effect of Death or Disability on Pledge of Stock With Power of Attorney

Every creditor or other person advancing money upon the pledge of a certificate of stock or other scrip representing an ownership or interest in corporations in Georgia shall have such an irrevocable interest in such certificate of stock or other scrip as not to be affected by the death, insanity, or legal disability thereafter of the person in whose name such stock or other scrip stands upon the books of any corporation in Georgia; but such pledgee or holder of such stock or scrip assigned in blank, coupled with the power of attorney, shall have the same right after the death, insanity, or legal disability of the person in whose name the stock stands upon the books of the corporation as before the death, insanity, or legal disability of such person.
History. Ga. L. 1894, p. 44, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 3003; Civil Code 1910, § 3575; Code 1933, § 4-214.
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For note discussing revocation of proxy upon maker’s incapacity, see 17 Ga. St. B. J. 88 (1980).

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 10 - Commerce and Trade

Chapter 6 - Agency

Article 2 - Relations Between Principal and Agent

§ 10-6-20. Rights Under Agency for Illegal Purpose

§ 10-6-21. Extent of Agent’s Authority; Liability for Exceeding, Violating, or Disregarding Instructions

§ 10-6-22. Diligence Required of Agent

§ 10-6-23. Agent May Follow Instructions From One of Several Principals

§ 10-6-24. Agent Not to Buy or Sell for Himself

§ 10-6-25. Agent Must Account for Profit From Principal’s Property

§ 10-6-26. Estoppel of Agent to Dispute Principal’s Title

§ 10-6-27. Right of Principal to Follow Money Deposited by Agent

§ 10-6-28. When Agent Depositing Principal’s Money Not Liable for Bank Failure

§ 10-6-29. Mingling Goods of Principal and Agent

§ 10-6-30. Agents and Fiduciaries to Keep Accounts; Effect of Neglect

§ 10-6-31. When Agent Entitled to Commission and Expenses

§ 10-6-32. Owner’s Right to Sell Property Placed With Broker; Broker’s Right to Commissions

§ 10-6-33. Revocation of Agency — When and How Done; Damages for Unreasonable Revocation

§ 10-6-34. Revocation of Agency — Effect of Death or Disability on Pledge of Stock With Power of Attorney

§ 10-6-35. Revocation of Agency — Effect of Death on Power of Attorney by Member of Armed Forces, Seaman, or Person on War Service

§ 10-6-36. Revocation of Agency — Effect of Incompetency or Incapacity of Principal on Power of Attorney

§ 10-6-37. Revocation of Agency — Action for Wrongful Discharge of Agent Before Termination of Contract

§ 10-6-38. Revocation of Agency — Subsequent Earnings in Mitigation of Damages on Improper Dismissal of Agent

§ 10-6-39. Liability of Principal for Injuries by Other Agents