{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-12-45","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-12-45","heading":"When act of God or contract exception available as defense.","body":"In order for a bailee to avail himself of an act of God or an exception under the contract as a defense, he must establish not only that the act of God or excepted fact ultimately occasioned the loss but that his own negligence did not contribute to the loss.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 12 Rights in Personalty","Article 3 Bailments","PART 1 In General"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.44.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":"cc9ea144bbb715cda55e7cf935855b43eae7ce03435c41387a7d0234c59cc1bd","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-12-44","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-12-60"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}