O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 44-11-10 (2019)
When previous warrantor may be codefendant
✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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A previous warrantor of the title to the land in dispute may be a codefendant in an action of ejectment, provided he would be answerable in damages in case of eviction.
History
Orig. Code 1863, § 3276; Code 1868, § 3288; Code 1873, § 3364; Code 1882,
§ 3364; Civil Code 1895, § 5006; Civil Code 1910, § 5584; Code 1933, § 33-115.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Warrantor defending action bound by subsequent judgment on warranty. - Where the warrantor having been notified of an action, conducted the defense of it under O.C.G.A. § 44-11-10,
the warrantor is bound by the judgment rendered in a subsequent action on the warranty. Lord v. Cannon, 75 Ga. 300, 1885 Ga. LEXIS 121 (1885).
RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. 28A C.J.S., Ejectment, § 51 et seq.