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2018 Georgia Code 44-2-60 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 44-2-60 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 44-2-60

TITLE 44 PROPERTY

Section 2. Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments, 44-2-1 through 44-2-253.

ARTICLE 2 LAND REGISTRATION

44-2-60. Jurisdiction of superior court over matters in this article.

For the purpose of enabling all persons owning real estate within this state to have the title thereto settled and registered as prescribed by this article, the superior court of the county in which the land is located shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all petitions and proceedings had thereupon.

(Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 2; Code 1933, § 60-201.)

Cross references.

- Judges who may preside in the superior court of the county where the land is located, § 44-2-41.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Dispossessory action held not transferable.

- In a dispossessory action filed in state court, there was no evidence of the lack of a landlord-tenant relationship, and no evidence justifying a challenge to the ownership of the land so as to require transfer of the case to the superior court. Bread of Life Baptist Church v. Price, 194 Ga. App. 693, 392 S.E.2d 15 (1990).

Cited in Setlock v. Setlock, 286 Ga. 384, 688 S.E.2d 346 (2010).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 66 Am. Jur. 2d, Registration of Land Titles, §§ 2, 10.

C.J.S.

- 76 C.J.S., Registration of Land Titles, § 4.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 44-2-60 From Courtlistener.com

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Setlock v. Setlock

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2010-01-25

Citation: 286 Ga. 384, 688 S.E.2d 346, 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 167, 2010 Ga. LEXIS 66

Snippet: proceedings had thereupon.” (Emphasis supplied.) OCGA § 44-2-60. Thus, here, although the magistrate court had