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2022 Georgia Code
Title 51 - Torts
Chapter 9 - Injuries to Real Estate
§ 51-9-3. Recovery for Wrongful Interference With Possession of Land
Universal Citation: GA Code § 51-9-3 (2022)
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.
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For comment on Ivey v. Davis, 81 Ga. App. 598 , 59 S.E.2d 256 (1950), see 13 Ga. B. J. 86 (1950).
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).
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