Georgia Code, Title 44, Chapter 11, Article 1 - Ejectment

• § 44-11-1 - Requirement that Plaintiff Recover on Strength of Own Title; Effect of Common Grantor on Proof of Title
  A plaintiff in ejectment must recover on the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of the defendant's title. Where both...
• § 44-11-2 - When Plaintiff May Recover on Prior Possession Alone
  A plaintiff in ejectment may recover the premises in dispute upon his prior possession alone against one who subsequently acquires possession of the land...
• § 44-11-3 - Right of Joint Owner to Bring an Action Alone; Effect of Judgment
  Any joint tenant, tenant in common, or other person having a part interest in lands or tenements may bring an action of ejectment for...
• § 44-11-4 - Joint Action Against Separate Claimants; When Prohibited
  When several persons claim several parcels of land under distinct titles and do not sustain to each other the relationship of landlord and tenant,...
• § 44-11-5 - Making True Claimant a Defendant; Effect of Judgment As to Such Defendant
  A plaintiff in ejectment may in all cases make the true claimant a defendant by serving a copy of the pending action upon him,...
• § 44-11-6 - Disclaimer by Defendant; Effect on Costs
  A defendant in ejectment may disclaim any claim of title or right of possession. After such disclaimer is filed, such defendant shall not be...
• § 44-11-7 - Recovery of Mesne Profits
  (a) By adding a count in his petition and submitting the evidence to the jury, the plaintiff in ejectment may recover by way of...
• § 44-11-8 - Setoff of Value of Improvements Against Mesne Profits by Trespasser
  A trespasser may not set off improvements in an action brought for mesne profits except when the value of the premises has been increased...
• § 44-11-9 - Setoff of Value of Improvements Against Mesne Profits by Adverse Claimant; Right of Plaintiff to Election; Payment by Defendant to Plaintiff and Acquisition of Title; Sale; Levy; Molding of Decree; Title of Purchaser
  (a) In all actions for the recovery of land, the defendant who has a bona fide possession of the land under adverse claim of...
• § 44-11-10 - When Previous Warrantor May Be Codefendant
  A previous warrantor of the title to the land in dispute may be a codefendant in an action of ejectment, provided he would be...
• § 44-11-11 - Necessity for Substitution Upon Death of Codefendant in Ejectment
  If a codefendant in any action of ejectment dies after the commencement of the action, the action may proceed against the surviving defendant without...
• § 44-11-12 - Annexation of Title Abstract to Petition
  The plaintiff shall attach an abstract of the title relied on for recovery to the petition for the recovery of land and mesne profits.
• § 44-11-13 - When Judgment Conclusive of Title
  A judgment in ejectment shall be conclusive as to the title between the parties thereto unless the jury awards the plaintiff less than the
• § 44-11-14 - Issuance of Writ of Possession; Levy and Sale Clause
  When a verdict in ejectment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff and a judgment is entered thereon, the clerk of the superior court...
• § 44-11-15 - Persons Not Subject to Writ of Possession
  The writ of possession shall not issue against third persons who were not known in the action on which such writ of possession is...

Last modified: October 14, 2016