Legal Opinion

Barfield v. Vickers

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 16, 1946No. 15346PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Duckworth, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The principles of law applicable here are set-forth, with numerous quotations of authority, in Fraser v. Dolvin, 199 Ga. 638 (34 S. E. 2d, 875), as follows: “ ‘Possession to be the foundation of a prescription must be in the right of the possessor, and not of another; must not have originated in fraud; must be public, continuous, exclusive, uninterrupted and peaceable, and be accompanied by a claim of right/ Code, § 85-402. Color of title ‘is a writing, upon its face professing to pass title, but which does not do it, either from a want…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Beverly v. BurkeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1851
  2. Street v. CollierSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  3. Baxley v. BaxleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  4. Hunt v. DunnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884
  5. Shingler v. BaileySupreme Court of Georgia · 1911

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  3. McDonald v. WimpySupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  4. Doyle v. HicksCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1995
  5. ASPIRE AT WEST MIDTOWN APARTMENTS, L.P. v. McBEESupreme Court of Georgia · 2017

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