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O.C.G.A. § 44-9-1 Methods of acquiring private ways
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The right of private way over another’s land may arise from an express grant, from prescription by seven years’ uninterrupted use through improved lands or by 20 years’ use through wild lands, by implication of law when the right is necessary to the enjoyment of lands granted by …
O.C.G.A. § 44-9-2 Acquisition of easement of light and air
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A right to an easement of light and air passing over another’s land through existing lights or windows may not be acquired by prescription; but, when a person sells a house and the light necessary for the reasonable enjoyment thereof is derived from and across adjoining land belo…
O.C.G.A. § 44-9-3 Right of lateral support from adjoining land; right to make excavations up to boundary line; notice to adjoining landowner; standard of care
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(a) Owners of adjoining lands owe to each other the lateral support of the soil of each to that of the other in its natural state. If they derive title from a common grantor, the lateral support shall include the weight of walls and other burdens that may be on it. If, at the tim…
O.C.G.A. § 44-9-4 Parol license; when revocable; when easement running with land
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A parol license to use another’s land is revocable at any time if its revocation does no harm to the person to whom it has been granted. A parol license is not revocable when the licensee has acted pursuant thereto and in so doing has incurred expense; in such case, it becomes an…