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O.C.G.A. § 9-3-25

Open accounts; breach promise; exception

Known as the J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act

The act spans §§ 9-3-1 to 9-3-99 (53 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Clark v. Deloitte & Touche LLP (2001)

Most recently applied in United Consolidated Accounting & Business Services v. Bank of America Corp. (December 2016)

Laws 1809, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 566.; Ga

How often courts cite this section

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

practice based upon negligence — View that statute begins to run from time client discovers, or should have discovered, negligent act or omission — Statement of rule and application of rule to providing client with allegedly negligent advice or failing to advise, 13 A.L.R.6th 1.

When statute of limitations begins to run on action against attorney for malpractice based upon negligence — View that statute begins to run from time client discovers, or should have discovered, negligent act or omission — Application of rule to conduct of litigation and delay or inaction in conducting client’s affairs, 14 A.L.R.6th 1.

When statute of limitations begins to run on action against attorney for malpractice based upon negligence — View that statute begins to run from time client discovers, or should have discovered, negligent act or omission — Application of rule to property, estate, corporate, and document cases, 15 A.L.R.6th 427.

When statute of limitations begins to run on action against attorney for malpractice based upon negligence — View that statute begins to run from time client discovers, or should have discovered, negligent act or omission — Application of rule to negligent misrepresentation, failure to supervise junior counsel, conflict of interest, billing disputes, and unspecified acts of negligence, 16 A.L.R.6th 653.

Construction and application of “key man” life insurance, 12 A.L.R.7th 6.

of certain contracts; implied

All actions upon open account, or for the breach of any contract not under the hand of the party sought to be charged, or upon any implied promise or undertaking shall be brought within four years after the right of action accrues. However, this Code section shall not apply to actions for the breach of contracts for the sale of goods under Article 2

of Title 11.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.