Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 12. RIGHTS IN PERSONALTY · Article 4. TROVER · Part 2. BAIL IN TROVER PROCEEDINGS

44-12-171. Recovery by defendant in trover action when plaintiff had replevied property.

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When the plaintiff in a trover action has replevied the property and on the trial of the case fails to recover or dismisses his petition, the defendant may recover the property and its hire or the sworn value placed upon the property in the petition instead of suing on the replevy bond.

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.

Code 1933, § 107-209.

History of Section.: This Code section is derived from the decision in Marshall v. Livingston, 77 Ga. 21 (1886).

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