If one with notice sells to one without notice, the latter shall be protected. If one without notice sells to one with notice, the latter shall be protected, as otherwise a bona fide purchaser might be deprived of selling his property for full value.
History. Civil Code 1895, § 3938; Civil Code 1910, § 4535; Code 1933, § 37-114.
History of Code section.
This Code section is derived from the decision in Collins v. Heath, 34 Ga. 443 (1866).
Cross references.
Power of person possessing voidable title to transfer goods to good faith purchaser for value, § 11-2-403 .
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