An instrument signed by one as agent, trustee, conservator, guardian, administrator, executor, or the like, without more, shall be the individual undertaking of the maker, except as otherwise provided by Code Sections 11-3-402, 13-5-30, 29-2-21, 29-3-21, 29-4-22, 29-5-22, 53-8-14, and 53-12-308, such words being generally words of description.
History. Civil Code 1895, § 2998; Civil Code 1910, § 3570; Code 1933, § 4-401; Ga. L. 1997, p. 143, § 10; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 2-9/HB 865.
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, inserted “conservator,” and substituted “by Code Sections 11-3-402, 13-5-30, 29-2-21, 29-3-21, 29-4-22, 29-5-22, 53-8-14, and 53-12-308” for “with regard to negotiable instruments by Code Section 11-3-402”.
History of Code section.
This Code section is derived from the decision in Crusselle v. Chastain, 76 Ga. 840 (1886).
Structure Georgia Code
Article 4 - Rights and Liabilities of Agent as to Third Persons
§ 10-6-81. Recovery of Money Paid to or by Agent by Mistake
§ 10-6-82. Agent’s Right of Action on Principal’s Contracts
§ 10-6-83. Right of Action by Agent for Interference With Possession
§ 10-6-84. When Agent Exceeding Authority May Enforce Contract
§ 10-6-86. Liability of Person Signing Instrument as Agent or Fiduciary
§ 10-6-87. When Agent Responsible for Credit Given; Question for Jury
§ 10-6-88. When Public Agent Not Liable on Public Contract
§ 10-6-89. Contract for Nonexisting Principal Void; Right of Action Against Purported Agent