GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 13. CONTRACTS |
Chapter 4. MODIFICATION, EXTINGUISHMENT, AND RENEWAL |
Article 2. PERFORMANCE |
Section 13-4-21. Effect of act of God
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- If performance of the terms of a contract becomes impossible as a result of an act of God, such impossibility shall excuse nonperformance, except where, by proper prudence, such impossibility might have been avoided by the promisor.
Orig. Code 1863, § 2812; Code 1868, § 2820; Code 1873, § 2871; Code 1882, § 2871; Civil Code 1895, § 3725; Civil Code 1910, § 4319; Code 1933, § 20-1102.