Segars v. Crump

1. If a person dies while in possession of land under a bona fide claim of right thereto, such possession at the time of his death is prima facie evidence of title in him, that will support an action of complaint for land and mesne profits instituted by the administrator of such deceased person against a third person who after the death of the intestate entered possession adversely and not under a better title. Wolfe v. Baxter, 86 Ga. 705 (13 S. E. 18); Bagley v. Kennedy, 85 Ga. 703 (11 S. E. 1091); Buckner v. Chambliss, 30 Ga. 652; Boynton v. Brown, 67 Ga. 396; Dorris v. Dorris, 149 Ga. 170…