Georgia § 9-15-10 - Costs in personal actions when damages are less than $10.00
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 9-15-10 — Costs in personal actions when damages are less than $10.00, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 9-15-10. Costs in personal actions when damages are less than $10.00
In all actions for slanderous words, in any court having jurisdiction of the same, if the jury renders a verdict under $10.00, the plaintiff shall have and recover no more costs than damages. In actions of assault and battery and in all other personal actions wherein the jury upon the trial thereof finds the damages to be less than $10.00, the plaintiff shall recover no more costs than damages unless the judge, at the trial thereof, finds and certifies on the record that an aggravated assault and battery was proved. (Laws 1767, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 504; Code 1863, §§ 3606, 3607; Code 1868, §§ 3630, 3631; Code 1873, §§ 3680, 3681; Code 1882, §§ 3680, 3681; Civil Code 1895, §§ 5390, 5391; Civil Code 1910, § 5984; Code 1933, § 24-3405.)
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