2020 Georgia Code
Title 44 - Property
Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property
Article 2 - Conveyances
§ 44-5-43. Effect of Adverse Possession on Making of Deed
A deed to lands which is made while the lands are held adversely to the maker of the deed is not void.
(Ga. L. 1859, p. 24, § 1; Code 1863, § 2654; Code 1868, § 2653; Code 1873, § 2695; Code 1882, § 2695; Civil Code 1895, § 3605; Civil Code 1910, § 4185; Code 1933, § 29-107.)
Cross references.- Nature of title by prescription, § 44-5-160 et seq.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Section changes the rule of common law and the Statute of Henry VIII. Gresham v. Webb, 29 Ga. 320 (1859); Reed v. Janes, 84 Ga. 380, 11 S.E. 401 (1890); Tucker v. McArthur, 103 Ga. 409, 30 S.E. 283 (1898) (see O.C.G.A. § 44-5-43).
Section applies to sales of all kinds of property. Downing Lumber Co. v. Medlin & Sundy, 136 Ga. 665, 72 S.E. 22 (1911) (see O.C.G.A. § 44-5-43).
Cited in Booth v. Young, 149 Ga. 276, 99 S.E. 886 (1919); Chattanooga Iron & Coal Corp. v. Shaw, 157 Ga. 869, 122 S.E. 597 (1924); Williamson v. Key, 179 Ga. 502, 176 S.E. 373 (1934); Delray, Inc. v. Reddick, 194 Ga. 676, 22 S.E.2d 599 (1942).
