O.C.G.A. § 44-12-114 (2019)
Right of borrower to possession; action for interference
The borrower acquires no property right in the thing loaned but only the right to possess and use it. The borrower may bring an action for any interference with that right.
History
Orig. Code 1863, § 2107; Code 1868, § 2102; Code 1873, § 2129; Code 1882,
§ 2129; Civil Code 1895, § 2948; Civil Code 1910, § 3520; Code 1933, § 12-505.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Borrower’s actions against third persons for bailor’s benefit. - Borrower may institute actions against third person interfering with borrower’s right of possession but these actions are for the benefit of the bailor. United States v. One 1946 Mercury Sedan Auto., 100 F. Supp. 957, 1951 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4017 (D. Ga.
1951), aff’d, 199 F.2d 499, 1952 U.S. App. LEXIS 3383 (5th Cir. 1952). Bailor’s assertion of rights prohibits gratuitous bailee’s recovery. - A mere gratuitous bailee cannot recover against a third person for the conversion of bailed property where the bailor or owner has intervened and asserted rights
thereto. United States v. One 1946 Mercury Sedan Auto., 100 F. Supp. 957, 1951 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4017 (D. Ga. 1951), aff’d, 199 F.2d 499, 1952 U.S. App. LEXIS 3383
(5th Cir. 1952); United States v. Frank Graham Co., 199 F.2d 499, 1952 U.S. App. LEXIS 3383 (5th Cir. 1952).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 8 Am. Jur. 2d, Bailments, § 60 et seq.
C.J.S. 8 C.J.S., Bailments, §§ 28, 29.