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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-12-12. Judgment for costs against fiduciary.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-12-12. Judgment for costs against fiduciary.

When the verdict of a jury is against an executor, administrator, or other trustee in his representative character, a judgment for costs shall be entered against him in the same character.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3493; Code 1868, § 3516; 1873, § 3574; Code 1882, § 3574; Civil Code 1895, § 5344; Civil Code 1910, § 5939; Code 1933, § 110-307.