Legal Opinion

Dye v. Dotson

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 3, 1946No. 15484PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Head, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) In a statutory complaint for oland by ejectment the issue is, did the plaintiff at the time the suit was filed have a legal title to the premises, or any estate, or interest in them, coupled with the then pres ent right of entry as against the defendant? Where, as here, it appears that the plaintiff and the defendant are coterminous owners deriving title from a common grantor, and the lands claimed by the plaintiff adjoin lands of the defendant, the question is resolved into one as to the location of the boundary line between such coterminous…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Osteen v. WynnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  2. Farr v. WoolfolkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  3. Riley v. GriffinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1854
  4. Tietjen v. DobsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
  5. Thompson v. HillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. S. & S. Builders, Inc. v. Equitable Investment Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1964
  2. Ehlers v. Schwall & HeuettCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  3. Frost v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  4. Bell v. OwensCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  5. Hartley v. RuybalSupreme Court of Colorado · 1966

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