GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 51. TORTS |
Chapter 7. FALSE ARREST, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, MALICIOUS PROSECUTION, AND ABUSIVE LITIGATION |
Article 3. MALICIOUS PROSECUTION |
Section 51-7-44. Inference of malice from lack of probable cause; rebuttal of inference
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- A total lack of probable cause is a circumstance from which malice may be inferred; however, the inference may be rebutted by proof.
Orig. Code 1863, § 2929; Code 1868, § 2936; Code 1873, § 2987; Code 1882, § 2987; Civil Code 1895, § 3848; Civil Code 1910, § 4444; Code 1933, § 105-804.