If any person commits a default under § 2111 of this title, such person, that person’s executors or administrators, or if it is a corporation, such corporation, in addition to the other penalties provided for shall be liable to the party by or on whose behalf the satisfaction or performance has been made or completed, in damages to be recovered by a civil action. The damages shall not be less than $10 nor more than $500, except when special damage to a larger amount is alleged in the complaint and proved.

Code 1852, § ?1637; Code 1915, § ?3230; Code 1935, § ?3693; 25 Del. C. 1953, § ?2114; 55 Del. Laws, c. 341, § ?5; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;