{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-6-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-6-2","heading":"When misrepresentation of material fact actionable as deceit; effect of mere concealment; knowledge of falsehood essential to deceit; when knowledge implied.","body":"(a) Willful misrepresentation of a material fact, made to induce another to act, upon which such person acts to his injury, will give him a right of action. Mere concealment of a material fact, unless done in such a manner as to deceive and mislead, will not support an action.\n(b) In all cases of deceit, knowledge of the falsehood constitutes an essential element of the tort. A fraudulent or reckless representation of facts as true when they are not, if intended to deceive, is equivalent to a knowledge of their falsehood even if the party making the representation does not know that such facts are false.","path":["TITLE 51 Torts","CHAPTER 6 Fraud and Deceit"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.51.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":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"b15c76a95407dfad7a03bce249d5a4a4101f088eb9629c1b4a940e2af4766ce1","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-6-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-6-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}