Hall v. Browning
Supreme Court of Georgia
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
- Southern Railway Co. v. O'BryanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Grant v. HartSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Macon Railway & Light Co. v. MasonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Avery v. BowerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
- Collier v. FarrSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Hasty v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- Maddox v. WillisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
- Bradley v. GodwinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
- AMERICAN CAS. CO. OF PENN. v. GriffithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1963
- Stewart v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
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