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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-5-36. Purchaser’s remedies for loss of land due to title defect.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-5-36. Purchaser’s remedies for loss of land due to title defect.

If the purchaser loses part of his land from a defect of title, he may claim according to the relative value of the land so lost either a rescission of the purchase contract or a reduction of the price.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2599; Code 1868, § 2601; Code 1873, § 2643; Code 1882, § 2643; Civil Code 1895, § 3544; Civil Code 1910, § 4124; Code 1933, § 29-202.

## Law Reviews

For article surveying developments in Georgia real property law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 219 (1981).