An easement may be lost by abandonment or forfeited by nonuse if the abandonment or nonuse continues for a term sufficient to raise the presumption of release or abandonment.
History. Civil Code 1895, § 3068; Civil Code 1910, § 3644; Code 1933, § 85-1403.
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This Code section is derived from the decision in Winham, King & Aldridge v. McGuire, 51 Ga. 578 (1874).
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For comment on Aggregate Supply Co. v. Sewell, 217 Ga. 407 , 122 S.E.2d 580 (1961), as to nonabandonability of a profit a’prendre, see 14 Mercer L. Rev. 473 (1963).