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title: O.C.G.A. § 51-9-3. Recovery for wrongful interference with possession of land.
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# O.C.G.A. § 51-9-3. Recovery for wrongful interference with possession of land.

The bare possession of land shall authorize the possessor to recover damages from any person who wrongfully interferes with such possession in any manner.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2957; Code 1868, § 2964; Code 1873, § 3015; Code 1882, § 3015; Civil Code 1895, § 3876; Civil Code 1910, § 4472; Code 1933, § 105-1403.

## Law Reviews

For article, ‘‘Keep Out! The Efficacy of Trespass, Nuisance and Privacy Torts as Applied to Drones,’’ see 33 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 359 (2017).

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