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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 51. TORTS · Chapter 10. INJURIES TO PERSONALTY

51-10-4. Rights of action of bailee and bailor for trespass.

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  1. Where the possession of personalty is in a bailee, a trespass committed during the existence of the bailment shall give a right of action to the bailee for the interference with his special property and a concurrent right of action to the bailor for the interference with his general property.

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.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2969; Code 1868, § 2976; Code 1873, § 3030; Code 1882, § 3030; Civil Code 1895, § 3889; Civil Code 1910, § 4486; Code 1933, § 105-1704.

Cross references

Bailments generally, § 44-12-40 et seq.

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Text read from t51-(v39)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volume V39, 2017 edition, page 769; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 bc30a40687b2.