Georgia § 23-2-131 - When specific performance of parol contract for land decreed; sufficient part performance.
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§ 23-2-131. When specific performance of parol contract for land decreed; sufficient part performance.
The specific performance of a parol contract as to land shall be decreed if the defendant admits the contract or if the contract has been so far executed by the party seeking relief and at the instance or by the inducements of the other party that if the contract were abandoned he could not be restored to his former position. Full payment alone accepted by the vendor, or partial payment accompanied with possession, or possession alone with valuable improvements, if clearly proved in each case to have been done with reference to the parol contract, shall be sufficient part performance to justify a decree. (Orig. Code 1863, § 3119; Code 1868, § 3131; Code 1873, § 3187; Code 1882, § 3187; Civil Code 1895, § 4037; Civil Code 1910, § 4634; Code 1933, § 37-802.) Cross references. - Form of complaint for specific performance of written contract to convey land, § 9-11-112 . Law reviews. - For survey article on real property, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 255 (1982).
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