In the ordinary course of business, when good faith requires an answer, it is the duty of the party receiving a letter from another to answer within a reasonable time. Otherwise, the party shall be presumed to admit the propriety of the acts mentioned in the letter of the party's correspondent and to adopt them.
(Code 1981, §24-14-23, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 29A Am. Jur. 2d, Evidence, § 815.
ALR.
- Admissibility in favor of writer of unanswered letter not part of mutual correspondence, 8 A.L.R. 1163; 34 A.L.R. 560; 55 A.L.R. 460.
Presumption as to delivery of letter from mailing other than at post office or in street letter box, 63 A.L.R. 931.
Character and sufficiency of evidence to show that letter was mailed, 86 A.L.R. 541.
Rebuttal of presumption of receipt of letter properly mailed and addressed, 91 A.L.R. 161.