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# O.C.G.A. § 44-5-66. Action for breach of warranty — Measure of damages.

Upon a breach of a covenant of warranty of title to land, the damages awarded should be the purchase money with interest thereon from the time of sale unless the jury determines, under the circumstances of the case, that the use of the premises was equal to the interest on the money and determines that an equitable setoff should be allowed. However, if valuable improvements have been made on the premises, the interest should be allowed.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2889; Code 1868, § 2897; Code 1873, § 2948; Code 1882, § 2948; Civil Code 1895, § 3804; Civil Code 1910, § 4400; Code 1933, § 20-1412.

## Law Reviews

For article surveying recent legislative and judicial developments in Georgia’s real property laws, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (1979).