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# O.C.G.A. § 15-2-47. Attorneys liable for costs.

Every attorney who argues or presents a case to the Supreme Court is liable to the clerk for costs except in an indigency case.

## History

Laws 1845, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 451; Code 1863, § 218; Code 1868, § 212; Code 1873, § 225; Code 1882, § 225; Civil Code 1895, § 5513; Civil Code 1910, § 6125; Code 1933, § 24-4106.

## Cross References

Bill of costs, payment of costs, filing of affidavit of indigence, § 5-6-4. Legal defense of indigents generally, T. 17, C. 12.