{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-6-5","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 13-6-5","heading":"Duty of injured party to lessen damages resulting from breach.","body":"Where by a breach of contract a party is injured, he is bound to lessen the damages as far as is practicable by the use of ordinary care and diligence.","path":["TITLE 13 Contracts","CHAPTER 6 Damages and Costs Generally"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.13.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"233774c82b00c0ccecae2cc4e31eb36e13de02f276bd8b50c3e9e9f1516b2265","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-6-4","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-6-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}