GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 23. EQUITY |
Chapter 2. GROUNDS FOR EQUITABLE RELIEF |
Article 3. FRAUD |
Section 23-2-53. Suppression of fact as fraud
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- Suppression of a material fact which a party is under an obligation to communicate constitutes fraud. The obligation to communicate may arise from the confidential relations of the parties or from the particular circumstances of the case.
Orig. Code 1863, § 3106; Code 1868, § 3118; Code 1873, § 3175; Code 1882, § 3175; Civil Code 1895, § 4027; Civil Code 1910, § 4624; Code 1933, § 37-704.