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SMITH v. MAPLES

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114 Ga. App. 529 (1966)

151 S.E.2d 815

SMITH et al. v. MAPLES.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 27, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCamy, Minor, Vining & Phillips, John T. Minor, III, for appellants.

Walter H. Bolling, for appellee.

PANNELL, Judge.

1. In an action seeking damages for the breach of a contract and attorney's fees under Code § 20-1404 as an expense of litigation because of bad faith, the trial judge charged the jury that "the term `bad faith' has a meaning which is the opposite of good faith. It means bad purpose, bad intent, bad state of knowledge or desire." There is no error in the charge. Complaint is made of the failure of the trial judge to more fully define the...

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