{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-12-151","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-12-151","heading":"Right of plaintiff to elect form of verdict.","body":"In an action to recover personal property, the plaintiff may elect:\n(1) To accept an alternative verdict for the property or for its value;\n(2) To demand a verdict for the damages alone; or\n(3) To demand a verdict for the property alone and its hire, if any.\nIt shall be the duty of the court to instruct the jury to render the verdict as the plaintiff elects.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 12 Rights in Personalty","Article 4 Trover","PART 1 In General"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.44.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"e127539b43ef4825ab969752f7c54abc21c5c40e8cb294bea5fe6ad81ca17771","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-12-150","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-12-152"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}