Ordinarily, when one renders service or transfers property which is valuable to another, which the latter accepts, a promise is implied to pay the reasonable value thereof. However, this presumption does not usually arise in cases between very near relatives.
O.C.G.A. § 9-2-7
Implied promise to pay for services or property
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Annette Tiller v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (2013)
Most recently applied in Annette Tiller v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (November 2013)
Civil Code 1895, § 4936; Civil Code 1910, § 5513; Code 1933, § 3-107.
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