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Section 16-3548 - Recovery of damages from usurper; limitation

Recovery of damages from usurper; limitation

At any time within a year from a judgment in a quo warranto proceeding, the relator may bring an action against the party ousted and recover the damages sustained by the relator by reason of the ousted party's usurpation of the office to which the relator was entitled.

CREDIT(S)

(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 603, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 564, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 145(n).)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 16-3548.
1973 Ed., § 16-3548.

Current through September 13, 2012

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