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# O.C.G.A. § 51-9-2. Recovery of possession of lands; damages.

The bare right to possession of lands shall authorize their recovery by the owner of such right, as well as damages for the withholding of such right.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2956; Code 1868, § 2963; Code 1873, § 3014; Code 1882, § 3014; Civil Code 1895, § 3875; Civil Code 1910, § 4471; Code 1933, § 105-1402.

## Law Reviews

For survey article on real property law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 345 (2008). For survey article on zoning and land use law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 457 (2008).

For comment on Ivey v. Davis, 81 Ga. App. 598, 59 S.E.2d 256 (1950), see 13 Ga. B. J. 86 (1950).