Notice sufficient to excite attention and put a party on inquiry shall be notice of everything to which it is afterwards found that such inquiry might have led. Ignorance of a fact due to negligence shall be equivalent to knowledge in fixing the rights of parties.
History. Civil Code 1895, § 3933; Civil Code 1910, § 4530; Code 1933, § 37-116.
History of Code section.
This Code section is derived from the decisions in Hunt v. Dunn, 74 Ga. 120 (1884) and Schmidt v. Block, 76 Ga. 823 (1886).
Law reviews.
For article, “A Comprehensive Analysis of Georgia RICO,” see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 537 (1993).
For article, “Noticing the Bankruptcy Sale: The Purchased Property May Not Be as ‘Free and Clear of All Liens, Claims and Encumberances’ as You Think,” see 15 (No. 5) Ga. St. B.J. 12 (2010).
For article, “Eleventh Circuit Survey: January 1, 2013 — December 31, 2013: Casenote: The Decline and Fall of Constructive Notice,” see 65 Mercer L. Rev. 1203 (2014).
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 23-1-1. Equity Jurisdiction Vested in Superior Courts and State-Wide Business Court
§ 23-1-2. Scope of Equity Jurisdiction; Modes of Remedy
§ 23-1-3. Grounds for Equity Jurisdiction
§ 23-1-4. Effect of Legal Remedy on Exercise of Jurisdiction
§ 23-1-5. Concurrent Jurisdiction of Law and Equity
§ 23-1-6. Equity Follows the Law
§ 23-1-7. Equity Seeks to Do Justice
§ 23-1-8. Equity Cconsiders Done What Ought to Be Done
§ 23-1-9. Nature of Equity Is Equality
§ 23-1-10. Who Would Have Equity Must Do Equity
§ 23-1-11. Effect of Equal Equities; Effect of Unequal Equities
§ 23-1-12. Equity of Misled Party Superior
§ 23-1-13. Volunteer’s Equity Inferior
§ 23-1-14. Who Bears Loss From Act of Third Party
§ 23-1-15. Where Both Parties Equally at Fault; Where Fault Is Unequal
§ 23-1-16. Taking With Notice of Equity
§ 23-1-17. Scope of Notice; Ignorance Due to Negligence
§ 23-1-18. Pending Action as Notice; Effect on Purchaser
§ 23-1-19. Sale to One Without Notice; Sale by One Without Notice
§ 23-1-20. Interference With Bona Fide Purchaser
§ 23-1-21. Compulsion to Litigate
§ 23-1-22. Interference With Creditor
§ 23-1-23. Construction of Conditions; Relief Against Forfeitures