44-7-9. Estoppel to dispute landlord’s title or attorn to another.

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The tenant may not dispute his landlord’s title or attorn to another claimant while he is in actual physical occupation, while he is performing any active or passive act or taking any position whereby he expressly or impliedly recognizes his landlord’s title, or while he is taking any position that is inconsistent with the position that the landlord’s title is defective.

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History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2265; Code 1868, § 2257; Code 1873, § 2283; Code 1882, § 2283; Civil Code 1895, § 3122; Civil Code 1910, § 3698; Code 1933, § 61-107; Ga. L. 1967, p. 774, § 1.

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Text read from t44-ch1-7-(v31)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V31, 2010 edition, page 790; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 490191d3dc54.

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