231 Ga. App. 523 - Godwin v. Caldwell’s Empirical Analysis
1998
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1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 224 Ga. App. 31 - Bakery Services, Inc. v. Thornton Chevrolet, Inc. · 73 Ga. App. 184 - Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Nix · 174 Ga. App. 218 - LYONS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. v. Cedarbaum · 219 Ga. App. 173 - Crotts Enterprises, Inc. v. John Payne Co.
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“The phrase “due course of business” has been construed to apply to those cases where two parties have carried on a mutual correspondence in reference to a particular matter, and one of the parties has written a letter to the other making statements concerning a subject of which the latter has knowledge, and which the latter would naturally deny if not true.”
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