Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 51. TORTS · Chapter 7. FALSE ARREST, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, MALICIOUS PROSECUTION, AND ABUSIVE LITIGATION · Article 3. MALICIOUS PROSECUTION

51-7-43. Lack of probable cause defined; question for jury.

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Lack of probable cause shall exist when the circumstances are such as to satisfy a reasonable man that the accuser had no ground for proceeding but his desire to injure the accused. Lack of probable cause shall be a question for the jury, under the direction of the court.

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, § 2925; Code 1868, § 2932; Code 1873, § 2983; Code 1882, § 2983; Civil Code 1895, § 3844; Civil Code 1910, § 4440; Code 1933, § 105-802.

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Text read from t51-(v39)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volume V39, 2017 edition, pages 690 to 691; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 bc30a40687b2.