History. Civil Code 1895, § 3918; Civil Code 1910, § 4515; Code 1933, § 105-2013; Ga. L. 2014, p. 695, § 7/HB 790; Ga. L. 2021, p. 584, § 1/HB 90.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, substituted “When a plaintiff, other than a plaintiff under Code Section 51-12-51,” for “Except as provided in Code Section 51-12-51, when” at the beginning of subsection (a).
History of Code section.
The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Parker v. Waycross & Florida R.R., 81 Ga. 387 , 8 S.E. 871 (1889).
Law reviews.
For comment on Rowland v. Gardner, 79 Ga. App. 153 , 53 S.E.2d 198 (1949), see 12 Ga. B. J. 79 (1949).
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