Barfield v. Vickers
Supreme Court of Georgia
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…
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