The verdict shall cover the issues made by the pleadings and shall be for the plaintiff or for the defendant. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3479; Code 1868, § 3501; Code 1873, § 3559; Code 1882, § 3559; Civil Code 1895, § 5329; Civil Code 1910, § 5924; Code 1933, § 110-101.
In all cases where judgment is obtained, the judgment shall be entered for the principal sum due, with interest, provided the claim upon which it was obtained draws interest. No part of the judgment shall bear interest except the principal which is due on the original debt. History. Laws 1814, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 393.; […]
In all judgments against sureties or endorsers on any draft, promissory note, or other instrument in writing, the plaintiff or his attorney shall designate and identify the relation of the parties under the contract on which the judgment is rendered. History. Laws 1845, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 598.; Laws 1850, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 600.; […]
When the verdict of a jury is against an executor, administrator, or other trustee in his representative character, a judgment for costs shall be entered against him in the same character. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3493; Code 1868, § 3516; 1873, § 3574; Code 1882, § 3574; Civil Code 1895, § 5344; Civil Code […]
All judgments entered against the obligors on any bond, whether official or voluntary, shall be for the amount of damages found by the verdict of the jury and not for the penalty thereof. History. Laws 1847, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 502.; Code 1863, § 3494; Code 1868, § 3517; Code 1873, § 3575; Code 1882, […]
A judgment may be amended by order of the court to conform to the verdict upon which it is predicated, even after an execution issues. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3424; Code 1868, § 3444; Code 1873, § 3494; Code 1882, § 3494; Civil Code 1895, § 5113; Ga. L. 1902, p. 55, § 1; […]
A judgment may not be set aside for any defect in the pleadings or the record that is aided by verdict or amendable as a matter of form. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3509; Code 1868, § 3532; Code 1873, § 3590; Code 1882, § 3590; Civil Code 1895, § 5365; Civil Code 1910, § […]
The judgment of a court having no jurisdiction of the person or the subject matter or which is void for any other cause is a mere nullity and may be so held in any court when it becomes material to the interest of the parties to consider it. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3513; Code […]
Creditors or bona fide purchasers may attack a judgment for any defect appearing on the face of the record or the pleadings or for fraud or collusion, whenever and wherever it interferes with their rights, either at law or in equity. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3515; Code 1868, § 3538; Code 1873, § 3596; […]
Either party has a right to confess judgment without the consent of his adversary and to appeal from such confession without reserving the right to do so in cases where an appeal is allowed by law. No confession of judgment shall be entered except in the county where the defendant resided at the commencement of […]
Where a judgment is entered and, within the time allowed for entering an appeal, an appeal is entered, the judgment shall be suspended. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3488; Code 1868, § 3511; Code 1873, § 3569; Code 1882, § 3569; Civil Code 1895, § 5340; Civil Code 1910, § 5935; Code 1933, § 110-303. […]
In the trial of all civil cases, the judge upon request of the jury shall furnish the jury with written instructions as to the form of their verdict. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3480; Code 1868, § 3502; Code 1873, § 3560; Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 115, § 1; Code 1882, § 3560; Civil Code […]
In all cases of appeal where security has been given, the plaintiff or his attorney may enter judgment against the principal and his surety jointly and severally. History. Laws 1826, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 498.; Code 1863, § 3490; Code 1868, § 3513; Code 1873, § 3571; Code 1882, § 3571; Civil Code 1895, § […]
A person in whose favor a judgment has been entered or a person to whom a judgment has been transferred may bona fide and for a valuable consideration transfer any judgment to a third person. In all such cases the transferee of any judgment shall have the same rights and shall be subject to the […]
The transfer of a judgment by the attorney of record of the person in whose favor the judgment was entered shall be good to pass the title thereto as against every person except the person in whose favor judgment was entered or his assignee without notice. Ratification by the plaintiff shall estop him also from […]
The consent of the parties to a judgment has the effect of removing any issuable defenses previously filed. After such a consent the court may render judgment without the verdict of a jury. History. Code 1981, § 9-12-23 , enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 1262, § 1.
Verdicts shall be received only in open court in the absence of agreement of the parties. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3486; Code 1868, § 3509; Code 1873, § 3567; Code 1882, § 3567; Civil Code 1895, § 5336; Civil Code 1910, § 5931; Code 1933, § 110-107. Cross references. For corresponding provision relating to […]
Verdicts shall have a reasonable intendment and shall receive a reasonable construction. They shall not be avoided unless from necessity. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3481; Code 1868, § 3503; Code 1873, § 3561; Code 1882, § 3561; Civil Code 1895, § 5332; Civil Code 1910, § 5927; Code 1933, § 110-105. Law reviews. For […]
In a proper case, the superior court may mold the verdict so as to do full justice to the parties in the same manner as a decree in equity. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3482; Code 1868, § 3504; Code 1873, § 3562; Code 1882, § 3562; Civil Code 1895, § 5333; Civil Code 1910, […]
A verdict may be so amended as to make it conform to the pleadings if the error plainly appears upon the face of the record. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3421; Code 1868, § 3441; Code 1873, § 3491; Code 1882, § 3491; Civil Code 1895, § 5110; Civil Code 1910, § 5694; Code 1933, […]
