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# O.C.G.A. § 13-6-13. Recovery of interest upon damages.

In all cases where an amount ascertained would be the damages at the time of the breach, it may be increased by the addition of legal interest from that time until the recovery.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2886; Code 1868, § 2894; Code 1873, § 2945; Code 1882, § 2945; Civil Code 1895, § 3800; Civil Code 1910, § 4396; Code 1933, § 20-1408.

## Cross References

Effect of deposit in court on determination of interest, § 9-11-67.