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O.C.G.A. § 13-6-12 — Effect of tender or deposit in court before trial upon recovery of costs | Georgia Code
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TITLE 13 CONTRACTS

Section 6. Damages and Costs Generally, 13-6-1 through 13-6-15.

ARTICLE 2 STATUTE OF FRAUDS

13-6-12. Effect of tender or deposit in court before trial upon recovery of costs.

If the defendant in an action for breach of contract, before trial, tenders to the plaintiff or deposits in court as much as or more than he finally recovers, no costs shall be recovered accruing subsequent to the tender or deposit.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 2887; Code 1868, § 2895; Code 1873, § 2946; Code 1882, § 2946; Civil Code 1895, § 3801; Civil Code 1910, § 4397; Code 1933, § 20-1409.)

Cross references.

- Deposits in court generally, § 9-11-67.

Law reviews.

- For annual survey of law of contracts, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 107 (1986).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Pausch v. Guerrard, 67 Ga. 319 (1881); Sutton v. Southern Ry., 101 Ga. 776, 29 S.E. 53 (1897); Glenn v. Western Union Tel. Co., 1 Ga. App. 821, 58 S.E. 83 (1907); Williams v. Rome Ry. & Light Co., 4 Ga. App. 372, 61 S.E. 495 (1908); Atlantic C.L.R.R. v. Thomas, 14 Ga. App. 619, 82 S.E. 299 (1914); Harris v. Black, 143 Ga. 497, 85 S.E. 742 (1915); Twin City Lumber Co. v. Daniels, 22 Ga. App. 578, 96 S.E. 437 (1918); Jeter v. Davis, 33 Ga. App. 733, 127 S.E. 898 (1925); Graham Bros. Constr. Co. v. C.W. Matthews Contracting Co., 159 Ga. App. 546, 284 S.E.2d 282 (1981); A.P.S.S., Inc. v. Clary & Assocs., 178 Ga. App. 131, 342 S.E.2d 375 (1986).

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