The following rules, among others, shall be used in arriving at the true interpretation of contracts:
History. Orig. Code 1863, §§ 1, 2721; Code 1868, §§ 1, 2715; Code 1873, § 1, 2757; Code 1882, §§ 1, 2757; Civil Code 1895, §§ 1, 3675; Civil Code 1910, §§ 1, 4268; Code 1933, § 20-704; Ga. L. 1962, p. 156, § 1; Ga. L. 1963, p. 188, § 38; Ga. L. 1964, p. 414, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 878, § 13/HB 1387.
The 2010 amendment, effective June 3, 2010, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, added “and” at the end of paragraph (8).
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For article, “The Parol Evidence Rule in Georgia,” see 17 Ga. B.J. 49 (1954).
For article, “The Parol Evidence Rule in Georgia — Part Two,” see 17 Ga. B.J. 184 (1954).
For article noting the effect of local business custom on warranties under the U.C.C., see 1 Ga. St. B.J. 191 (1964).
For article discussing the advantages of contract rescission as a remedy for fraud, with respect to the parol evidence rule and the statute of frauds, in light of City Dodge, Inc. v. Gardner, 232 Ga. 766 , 208 S.E.2d 794 (1974), see 11 Ga. St. B.J. 172 (1975).
For article discussing interpretation in Georgia of insurance policies containing evidentiary conditions, see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 783 (1978).
For article discussing parol evidence in the law of commercial paper, see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 53 (1978).
For article surveying recent legislative and judicial developments in Georgia’s real property laws, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (1979).
For article, “Trial Practice and Procedure,” see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 475 (2001).
For annual survey of labor and employment law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 291 (2004).
For annual survey of law of wills, trusts, guardianships, and fiduciary administration, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 457 (2004).
For note, “Misrepresentations and Nondisclosures in the Insurance Application,” see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 876 (1979).
For comment on Buchanan v. Hieber, 78 Ga. App. 434 , 50 S.E.2d 815 (1948), see 12 Ga. B.J. 67 (1949).
For comment on West View Corp. v. Alston, 208 Ga. 122 , 65 S.E.2d 406 (1951), see 14 Ga. B.J. 230 (1951).
For comment on Fisher v. J.A. Jones Constr. Co., 87 Ga. App. 317 , 73 S.E.2d 587 (1952), see 4 Mercer L. Rev. 374 (1953).
For comment on Burdines, Inc. v. Pan-Atlantic S.S. Corp., 199 F.2d 577 (5th Cir. 1952), an admiralty case treating a rubber stamp as a means of writing in construing a contract, see 4 Mercer L. Rev. 376 (1953).