Georgia Code, Title 23, Chapter 2, Article 2 - Accident and Mistake

• § 23-2-20 - Which Accidents Relievable in Equity
  An accident relievable in equity is an occurrence, not the result of negligence or misconduct of the party seeking relief in relation to a...
• § 23-2-21 - What Mistakes Relievable in Equity; Power to Relieve to Be Exercised Cautiously
  (a) A mistake relievable in equity is some unintentional act, omission, or error arising from ignorance, surprise, imposition, or misplaced confidence.(b) Mistakes may be...
• § 23-2-22 - Mistake of Law in Instrument -- by Contracting Parties
  An honest mistake of the law as to the effect of an instrument on the part of both contracting parties, when the mistake operates...
• § 23-2-23 - Mistake of Law in Instrument -- by Agent
  A mistake of law by the draftsman or other agent, by which the contract, as executed, does not fulfill or violates the manifest intention...
• § 23-2-24 - When Mistake of Fact Relieved
  In all cases of a mistake of fact material to the contract or other matter affected by it, if the complaining party applies within...
• § 23-2-25 - Form of Conveyance Contrary to Intent
  If the form of conveyance is, by accident or mistake, contrary to the intention of the parties in their contract, equity shall interfere to...
• § 23-2-26 - Accident or Mistake in Execution of Power
  Accident or mistake in the execution of a power or causing the defective execution of the power will be remedied in equity.
• § 23-2-27 - When Equitable Interference Not Authorized -- Mere Ignorance of Law
  Mere ignorance of the law on the part of the party himself, where the facts are all known and there is no misplaced confidence...
• § 23-2-28 - When Equitable Interference Not Authorized -- Mutual Ignorance of Fact; Mistake in Judgment of Value
  Ignorance of a fact by both parties shall not justify the interference of equity; nor shall a mistake in judgment or opinion merely as...
• § 23-2-29 - When Equitable Interference Not Authorized -- Failure to Exercise Diligence; Ignorance of Fact Absent Fraud
  If a party, by reasonable diligence, could have had knowledge of the truth, equity shall not grant relief; nor shall the ignorance of a...
• § 23-2-30 - Reformation and Execution of Contract in Case of Mistake Distinguished
  A distinction exists between reforming a contract and executing a contract in case of mistake. To authorize the former, the court shall be satisfied...
• § 23-2-31 - Rescission for Unilateral Mistake of Fact
  Equity will not reform a written contract unless the mistake is shown to be the mistake of both parties; but it may rescind and...
• § 23-2-32 - When Negligent Complainant Granted Relief
  (a) The negligence of the complaining party, preventing relief in equity, is that want of reasonable prudence, the absence of which would be a...
• § 23-2-33 - Mere Volunteers, in General; Exception for Executed Contracts
  Equity will not interfere to relieve against accidents or mistakes of mere volunteers; but, if a contract is actually executed, all the rights growing...
• § 23-2-34 - Relief Against Original Parties or Privies; Exception
  Equity will grant relief as between the original parties or their privies in law, in fact, or in estate, except bona fide purchasers for...

Last modified: October 14, 2016