City of Marietta v. Glover

Undercoeler, Justice.

This controversy originated under the Land Registration Law (Code Ann. Title 60) and involves the title to Glover Park in Marietta, Georgia. It has been a public park for 113 years. The City of Marietta alleged that it acquired fee simple title' to the property from-John H. Glover in 1852 but the deed reputedly conveying the property was lost during the Civil War. The defendant heirs of John PI. Glover do not dispute the conveyance but claim it con tained a provision that should the property ever cease to be used for park purposes the title thereto would revert to John H.…