Shearin v. Wayne Davis & Co., PC

BENHAM, Justice.

This appeal involves the laws pursuant to which governmental bodies acquire a roadway by prescription. The unpaved roadway in question is located in Paulding County and is known variously as Rutledge Road and Graves Mountain Road. Appellees are persons whose property is crossed by the road or is adjacent to the road. They brought suit against appellants, members of the Paulding County Board of Commissioners (hereinafter “the County”), seeking a writ of mandamus requiring the County to maintain the road. After a hearing, the trial court issued a judgment granting the writ. In…