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Title 13. CONTRACTS · Chapter 6. DAMAGES AND COSTS GENERALLY

13-6-10. Damages and expenses recoverable — Exemplary damages.

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  1. Unless otherwise provided by law, exemplary damages shall never be allowed in cases arising on contracts.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2884; Code 1868, § 2892; Code 1873, § 2943; Code 1882, § 2943; Civil Code 1895, § 3797; Civil Code 1910, § 4393; Code 1933, § 20-1405.

Law reviews

For article on bond liability and righting the wrongs of Georgia local government officers, see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 747 (1979).

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Text read from t13-(v11)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V11, 2010 edition, page 413; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 18573afb153d.