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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-12-152. Determination of value of property.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-12-152. Determination of value of property.

For personalty unlawfully detained, the plaintiff may recover a sum in the amount of the highest value which he is able to prove existed between the time of the conversion and the trial.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3010; Code 1868, § 3022; Code 1873, § 3077; Code 1882, § 3077; Civil Code 1895, § 3917; Civil Code 1910, § 4514; Code 1933, § 107-103.

## Law Reviews

For comment on Rowland v. Gardner, 79 Ga. App. 153, 53 S.E.2d 198 (1949), see 12 Ga. B. J. 79 (1949).