The fact that a note or other evidence of debt is barred does not prevent a creditor from thereafter availing himself of the mortgage or other security unless the mortgage or other security itself is barred.
History. Civil Code 1895, § 2735; Civil Code 1910, § 3268; Code 1933, § 67-116.
History of Section.
This Code section is derived from the decisions in Elkins v. Edwards, 8 Ga. 325 (1849) and Reid v. Flippen, 47 Ga. 273 (1872).