(1) If a judgment is recovered for a specific thing, the plaintiff may have an execution issued thereon, commanding the proper officer to seize the property, and deliver it to the plaintiff. The plaintiff may, if he so elect, take an execution for the assessed value of the property recovered. In either case, the execution shall embrace the damages assessed for the detention and costs.
(2) The court may, upon satisfactory proof that the property recovered has perished, or that, without the fault of the defendant, it is out of his power to produce it, order the plaintiff to receive the assessed value in lieu of the property.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 426.300

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

Effective: October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 1665.