O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 13-6-12 (2019)

Effect of tender or deposit in court before trial upon recovery of costs

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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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.

History

(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.)

Annotations

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

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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).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1986–1986 · leading case: A. P. S. S., Inc. v. Clary & Assocs., Inc., 342 S.E.2d 375 (Ga. Ct. App. 1986).

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A. P. S. S., Inc. v. Clary & Assocs., Inc., 342 S.E.2d 375 (Ga. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 4× “Appellant argues that OCGA § 13-6-12 works to prevent recovery of attorney fees in the present case because appellant paid the amount of the debt due into the registry of the court at the time it filed its answer.”

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