Watson v. Ashburn

The facts are fully reported in the former decision. Ashburn v. Watson, 8 Ga. App. 566 (70 S. E. 19). The main defense was that Ashburn, the grantee, had abandoned the possession which he acquired after the execution of the deed by the defendant and his co-warrantor, in consequence of which abandonment Morrison was enabled to acquire possession and maintain it against the paper title which Ashburn held. As to this defense this court held: “The evidence introduced by the defendant along this line was too indefinite and too lacking in particularity to overcome the prima facie case made by the…