Whenever any officer has taken possession of any property under process in any case of trover and the property remains in the hands of the officer because neither the plaintiff nor the defendant replevies the property, if the property is of a perishable nature or liable to deterioration from keeping or if there is expense involved in keeping the property, the property may be sold under Code Section 9-13-163; provided, however, if the property is sold, the plaintiff, in case of recovery, shall be entitled only to a money verdict for the amount of the proceeds of such sale together with any hire or interest from the date of conversion to the date of seizure found by the jury.

(Ga. L. 1887, p. 59, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 4607; Civil Code 1910, § 5153; Code 1933, § 107-204.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Applicability of O.C.G.A. § 44-12-170. - O.C.G.A. § 44-12-170 applies only where the property is not replevied. Phillips v. Taber, 83 Ga. 565, 10 S.E. 270 (1889).

Proceeds of sale stand in lien of property itself. Glissen v. Heggie Bros., 105 Ga. 30, 31 S.E. 118 (1898).

Cited in Our Bank v. Corry, 145 Ga. 385, 89 S.E. 365 (1916); Marshall v. Armour Fertilizer Works, 24 Ga. App. 402, 100 S.E. 766 (1919); Smith v. Commercial Credit Co., 28 Ga. App. 403, 11 S.E. 821 (1922); Harrison v. Central Ga. Automotive Co., 31 Ga. App. 603, 121 S.E. 689 (1924); Branch v. Fisher, Lowrey & Fisher, 32 Ga. App. 126, 122 S.E. 720 (1924); Standard Motors Fin. Co. v. O'Neal, 35 Ga. App. 727, 134 S.E. 843 (1926); Davison-Paxon Co. v. Walker, 174 Ga. 532, 163 S.E. 212 (1932); C.I.T. Corp. v. Carter, 61 Ga. App. 479, 6 S.E.2d 409 (1939); Jernigan v. Economy Exterminating Co., 327 F. Supp. 24 (N.D. Ga. 1971).

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2018 Georgia Code 44-12-170 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 44 PROPERTY

Section 12. Rights in Personalty, 44-12-1 through 44-12-322.

ARTICLE 4 TROVER

44-12-170. Sale of perishable or other property in absence of replevy; amount of money verdict for plaintiff.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

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