Friendship Baptist Church, Inc. v. West

I respectfully disagree with the majority’s conclusion that the trial court did not err when it denied Friendship Baptist Church’s motion for directed verdict. Accordingly, I dissent from the affir-mance of the judgment entered by the trial court.

1. The church sought a declaratory judgment that it had prescriptive title to the disputed parcel of land. “Title by prescription is the right to property which a possessor acquires by reason of the continuance of his possession for a period of time fixed by law.” OCGA § 44-5-160. In Georgia, prescription is a method of transferring interests in land…