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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-5-174. Tacking of prior possession originating in fraud.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-5-174. Tacking of prior possession originating in fraud.

In making out a prescriptive title, an innocent purchaser may not tack to the time period of his own possession the time of possession of a grantor whose possession originated through fraud against the true owner.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 3596; Civil Code 1910, § 4176; Code 1933, § 85-415.

## History of Code Section.

This Code section is derived from the decision in Far-row v. Bullock, 63 Ga. 360 (1879).