{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-23-2-54","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 23-2-54","heading":"Surprise as a form of fraud.","body":"Anything which happens without the agency or fault of the party affected by it, tending to disturb and confuse his judgment or to mislead him, of which the opposite party takes an undue advantage, is in equity a surprise and is a form of fraud for which relief is granted.","path":["TITLE 23 Equity","CHAPTER 2 Grounds for Equitable Relief","Article 3 Fraud"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.23.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":"9b6298cc8bcfc1e77db1ddc075435bab305c6254e56ee22c43da74dc3cb181bd","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-23-2-53","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-23-2-55"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}