Smith v. Bruce

Bowles, Justice.

Edward C. Bruce, Charles D. Bruce, Lucile Bruce Brown and Catherine H. Bruce filed their petition in the Superior Court of Glynn County, Georgia, to have certain described lands registered under the provisions of the Land Registration Law (Code Ann. § 60-101 et seq.), claiming title thereto in fee simple.

The original complaint claimed that there were no owners or occupants of the adjoining land because the tract sought to be registered was bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north and south by other lands owned by applicants and on the west by the easterly line…