Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 11. EJECTMENT AND PROCEEDINGS AGAINST INTRUDERS · Article 1. EJECTMENT

44-11-2. When plaintiff may recover on prior possession alone.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

A plaintiff in ejectment may recover the premises in dispute upon his prior possession alone against one who subsequently acquires possession of the land by mere entry and without any lawful right whatsoever.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3278; Code 1868, § 3290; Code 1873, § 3366; Code 1882, § 3366; Civil Code 1895, § 5008; Civil Code 1910, § 5586; Code 1933, § 33-102.

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