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2018 Georgia Code 23-3-41 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 23 EQUITY

Section 3. Equitable Remedies And Proceedings Generally, 23-3-1 through 23-3-127.

ARTICLE 3 QUIA TIMET

23-3-41. When relief granted; costs.

  1. In all proceedings quia timet or proceedings to remove clouds upon titles to real estate, if a proper case is made, the relief sought shall be granted to any complainant irrespective of whether the invalidity of the instrument sought to be canceled appears upon the face of the instrument or whether the invalidity appears or arises solely from facts outside of the instrument.
  2. In such cases the costs shall be taxed against the litigants in the discretion of the court.

(Ga. L. 1905, p. 102, §§ 1, 2; Civil Code 1910, §§ 5466, 5467; Code 1933, §§ 37-1408, 37-1409.)

Law reviews.

- For article discussing the problems with acquiring good title, see 15 Ga. B.J. 281 (1953).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Mayor of Gainesville v. Dean, 124 Ga. 750, 53 S.E. 183 (1906); Hale v. Turner, 183 Ga. 593, 189 S.E. 10 (1936); Allen v. Bemis, 193 Ga. 556, 19 S.E.2d 516 (1942); Todd v. Conner, 220 Ga. 173, 137 S.E.2d 614 (1964); Harp v. Bacon, 222 Ga. 478, 150 S.E.2d 655 (1966).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 65 Am. Jur. 2d, Quieting Title and Determination of Adverse Claims, §§ 2, 16, 63.

C.J.S.

- 30 C.J.S., Equity, § 40.

ALR.

- Use of property by public as affecting acquisition of title by adverse possession, 56 A.L.R.3d 1182.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 23-3-41

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Walker v. Walker, 467 S.E.2d 583 (Ga. 1996).

Cited 10 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 15, 1996 | 266 Ga. 414, 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 1025

...§ 23-3-40 may be brought only by one in actual possession. The plaintiff here did not allege she held possession; nor did she allege any facts that would allow an exception to this general rule. See Hale v. Turner, 183 Ga. 593, 595-596, 189 S.E. 10 (1936). [5] See O.C.G.A. § 23-3-41 (authorizing taxing of costs only)....