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2020 Georgia Code
Title 51 - Torts
Chapter 8 - Forcible Entry and Detainer
§ 51-8-1. Through 51-8-11

Universal Citation: GA Code § 51-8-1 (2020)

Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-2, effective July 1, 1983.

Editor's notes.

- This chapter was based on Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 813; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 261, § 1; Ga. L. 1853-54, p. 42, § 1; Orig. Code 1863, §§ 3988 - 3994; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 35, § 1; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 222, § 1; Code 1868, §§ 4014 - 4022; Code 1873, §§ 4085 - 4093; Ga. L. 1876, p. 98, § 1; Code 1882, §§ 4085 - 4093; Civil Code 1895, §§ 4823 - 4832; Ga. L. 1898, p. 88, § 1; Civil Code 1910, §§ 5395 - 5405; Code 1933, §§ 105-1601 - 105-1611; and Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8.

CHAPTER 9 INJURIES TO REAL ESTATE

Sec.

  • 51-9-1. Cause of action for interference with enjoyment of property.
  • 51-9-2. Recovery of possession of lands; damages.
  • 51-9-3. Recovery for wrongful interference with possession of land.
  • 51-9-4. Action for trespass by person having title.
  • 51-9-5. Effect of holding title when possession claimed by two persons.
  • 51-9-6. Damages for continuing trespass.
  • 51-9-7. Diversion, obstruction, or pollution of stream as trespass.
  • 51-9-8. Interference with underground streams.
  • 51-9-9. Interference with rights of owner above and below surface of property.
  • 51-9-10. Interference with right of way or right of common.
  • 51-9-11. Slander or libel concerning title to land.
Cross references.

- Time limitation on bringing of actions for trespass upon or damage to real property, § 9-3-30.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Rights and obligations, with respect to adjoining landowners, arising out of secondary recovery of gas, oil, and other fluid minerals, 19 A.L.R.4th 1182.

Res ipsa loquitur as to cause of or liability for real-property fires, 21 A.L.R.4th 929.

Tree or limb falls onto adjoining private property: personal injury and property damage liability, 54 A.L.R.4th 530.

Encroachment of trees, shrubbery, or other vegetation across boundary line, 65 A.L.R.4th 603.

Excessiveness or inadequacy of punitive damages in cases not involving personal injury or death, 14 A.L.R.5th 242.

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