Liability of person signing instrument as agent or fiduciary

An instrument signed by one as agent, trustee, conservator, guardian, administrator, executor, or the like, without more, shall be the individual undertaking of the maker, except as otherwise provided by Code Sections 11-3-402, 13-5-30, 29-2-21, 29-3-21, 29-4-22, 29-5-22, 53-8-14, and 53-12-308, such words being generally words of description. History. Civil Code 1895, § 2998; Civil Code 1910, § 3570; Code 1933, § 4-401; Ga. L. 1997, p. 143, § 10; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 2-9/HB 865. History of Code section. This Code section is derived from the decision in Crusselle v. Chastain, 76 Ga. 840 (1886).