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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-11-4. Joint action against separate claimants; when prohibited.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-11-4. Joint action against separate claimants; when prohibited.

When several persons claim several parcels of land under distinct titles and do not sustain to each other the relationship of landlord and tenant, a joint action of ejectment may not be maintained against them nor may a joint or several recovery be had in such action either for the premises or for mesne profits.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3272; Code 1868, § 3283; Code 1873, § 3359; Code 1882, § 3359; Civil Code 1895, § 5000; Civil Code 1910, § 5578; Code 1933, § 33-113.

## History of Section.

This Code section is derived from the decision in Wood v. Milly McGuire’s Children, 17 Ga. 303 (1855); Ivey v. Cowart, 124 Ga. 159, 52 S.E. 436, 110 Am. St. R. 160 (1905).