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title: O.C.G.A. § 5-3-24. Exemption of executors, administrators, and trustees from paying costs and giving bond.
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# O.C.G.A. § 5-3-24. Exemption of executors, administrators, and trustees from paying costs and giving bond.

Executors, administrators, and other trustees, when defending an action as such or defending solely the title of the estate, may enter an appeal without paying costs and giving bond and security as required by Code Section 5-3-22; but, if a judgment should be obtained against such executor, administrator, or other trustee and not the assets of the estate, he must pay costs and give security as in other cases.

## History

Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 495; Code 1863, § 3542; Code 1868, § 3565; Code 1873, § 3622; Code 1882, § 3622; Civil Code 1895, § 4464; Civil Code 1910, § 5009; Code 1933, § 6-113.

## Editor's Notes

The operation of this Code section is confined to appeals from courts other than the probate courts. See Hobbs v. Cody, 45 Ga. 478 (1872); Goodwyn v. Veal, 50 Ga. App. 657, 179 S.E. 126 (1935), and Wever v. Wever, 183 Ga. 453, 188 S.E. 706 (1936).