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Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 454.040 — Trespass, joint or several damages for

454.040. Trespass, joint or several damages for

In actions of trespass the jury may assess joint or several damages against the defendants. When the jury finds several damages, the judgment shall be in favor of the plaintiff against each defendant for the several damages, without regard to the amount of damages claimed in the petition, and shall include a joint judgment for the costs.

Source notes

Effective: October 1, 1942

History and annotations

Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 12.

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