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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-5-175. Prescription involving incorporeal rights.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-5-175. Prescription involving incorporeal rights.

An incorporeal right which may be lawfully granted, such as a right of way or the right to throw water upon the land of another, may be acquired by prescription.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 3590; Civil Code 1910, § 4170; Code 1933, § 85-409.

## Law Reviews

For article, ‘‘Some Aspects of the Law of Easements,’’ see 9 Ga. St. B.J. 287 (1973).

## History of Code Section.

This Code section is derived from the decisions in Phinizy v. City Council, 47 Ga. 260 (1872), and Mitchell v. Mayor of Rome, 49 Ga. 260 (1872).