O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 9-5-5 (2019)

When waste enjoined

✓ 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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Equity will not interfere by injunction to restrain waste when the petitioner’s title is not clear. Such relief shall be granted only when the title is free from dispute.

History

Civil Code 1895, § 4917; Civil Code 1910, § 5494; Code 1933, § 55-105. History of Section. The language of this Code section is

derived in part from the decision in Nethery v. Payne, 71 Ga. 374 (1883).

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Plaintiff must show title. - If the plaintiff should show title and irreparable damage, equity would interfere in the plaintiff’s behalf to restrain a nuisance, trespass, etc., when defendant fails to show any fact that would break down or impeach plaintiff’s title. Murphey v. Harker, 115 Ga. 77, 41 S.E. 585, 1902 Ga. LEXIS 308 (1902). Need not show insolvency or irreparable damage to enjoin waste. - Unlike trespass under former Civil Code 1895, § 4916 (see O.C.G.A. § 9-5-4), the plaintiff did not have to show insolvency

or irreparable injury to enjoin waste. Brigham v. Overstreet, 128 Ga. 447, 57 S.E. 484, 1907 Ga. LEXIS 139 (1907). Injunction improper where plaintiff lacks title. - Injunction will not issue at the instance of a stranger to the title or possession to restrain trespass and stay waste, even against a wrongdoer. Flannery & Co. v. Hightower, 97 Ga. 592, 25 S.E. 371, 1895 Ga. LEXIS 534 (1895). If the plaintiff has no title the plaintiff can suffer no injury, and the plaintiff is not entitled to any aid, and equity will not interfere with the enjoyment of the party

in possession. Murphey v. Harker, 115 Ga. 77, 41 S.E. 585, 1902 Ga. LEXIS 308 (1902). RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Waste, § 27 et seq. C.J.S. 93 C.J.S., Waste, §§ 14, 15, 25 et seq. ALR. Right of mortgagee to maintain suit to stay waste, 48 A.L.R. 1156. Right of holder of tax or other lien on real property, other than mortgage, to restrain waste, 103 A.L.R. 384.

Rights and remedies of owner or lessee of oil or gas land or mineral or royalty interest therein, in respect of waste of oil or gas through operations on other lands, 4 A.L.R.2d 198. Right of contingent remainderman to maintain action for damages for waste, 56 A.L.R.3d 677.