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title: O.C.G.A. § 51-9-4. Action for trespass by person having title.
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# O.C.G.A. § 51-9-4. Action for trespass by person having title.

The person having title to lands, if no one is in actual possession under the same title with him, may bring an action for a trespass thereon. If a tenant is in possession and the trespass is one which injures the freehold, the owner or a remainderman or reversioner may still bring the action.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2958; Code 1868, § 2965; Code 1873, § 3016; Code 1882, § 3016; Civil Code 1895, § 3877; Civil Code 1910, § 4473; Code 1933, § 105-1404.

## Cross References

Criminal trespass, § 16-7-21.