A parol license to use another’s land is revocable at any time if its revocation does no harm to the person to whom it has been granted. A parol license is not revocable when the licensee has acted pursuant thereto and in so doing has incurred expense; in such case, it becomes an easement running with the land.
History. Civil Code 1895, § 3069; Civil Code 1910, § 3645; Code 1933, § 85-1404.
History of Section.
This Code section is derived from the decisions in Sheffield v. Collier, 3 Ga. 82 (1847); Mitchell v. Mayor of Rome, 49 Ga. 19 (1872); Baker v. McGuire, 53 Ga. 245 (1874); Southwestern R.R. v. Mitchell, 69 Ga. 114 (1882), and City Council v. Burum & Co., 93 Ga. 68 , 19 S.E. 820 (1893).
Law reviews.
For comment on Grant v. Haymes, 164 Ga. 371 , 138 S.E. 892 (1927), see 1 Ga. L. Rev. No. 2, p. 45 (1927).
For annual survey article on real property law, see 50 Mercer L. Rev. 307 (1998).
For annual survey article on real property law, see 52 Mercer L. Rev. 383 (2000).
For annual survey of zoning and land use law, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 447 (2005).
For survey article on zoning and land use law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 493 (2007).
For survey article on real property law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 345 (2008).
For annual survey on real property law, see 61 Mercer L. Rev. 301 (2009).
For annual survey on zoning and land use law, see 61 Mercer L. Rev. 427 (2009).
Structure Georgia Code
§ 44-9-1. Methods of Acquiring Private Ways
§ 44-9-2. Acquisition of Easement of Light and Air
§ 44-9-4. Parol License; When Revocable; When Easement Running With Land
§ 44-9-5. Cessation of Easement of Necessity Upon Purchase of Land Providing Access to Highway
§ 44-9-6. Loss of Easement by Abandonment or Nonuse
§ 44-9-7. Effect of Sale of Property for Taxes or Assessments on Easements or Rights of Way