Legal Opinion

Hall v. Browning

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 11, 1943No. 14407PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

1. Seven years of uninterrupted use of a private road through improved land of another will give to the users a prescriptive private way, if the road and the use conform to the requirements of the Code, §§ 83-102 et seq. One year of use of such a private road will give to the users an inchoate right, such as will entitle them, under § 83-114, to thirty-days written notice from the owner of his intention to close the road, in order to give them opportunity to bring proceedings before the ordinary, under §§ 83-101 et seq., to make the road permanent.

2. The Code, § 83-119, provides to users of a…

2Cases cited57 opinions

  1. Southern Railway Co. v. O'BryanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Grant v. HartSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  3. Macon Railway & Light Co. v. MasonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  4. Avery v. BowerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
  5. Collier v. FarrSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Hasty v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
  2. Maddox v. WillisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  3. Bradley v. GodwinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  4. AMERICAN CAS. CO. OF PENN. v. GriffithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1963
  5. Stewart v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1951

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