Notice sufficient to excite attention and put a party on inquiry shall be notice of everything to which it is afterwards found that such inquiry might have led. Ignorance of a fact due to negligence shall be equivalent to knowledge in fixing the rights of parties.
O.C.G.A. § 23-1-17
Scope of notice; ignorance due to negligence
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Marcelle Myers, C.I.T. Corporation v. The Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York (1985)
Most recently applied in Marcelle Myers, C.I.T. Corporation v. The Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York (May 1985)
— Civil Code 1895, § 3933; Civil Code 1910, § 4530; Code 1933, § 37-116.
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