Legal Opinion
Childs v. Sammons
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 11, 2000No. S00A0929PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
Helen Childs filed a petition to quiet title to a 40-foot strip of land which allegedly separated her tract from that owned by Ellis and Mira Sammons (Appellees). According to Ms. Childs, the disputed area is a former street dedicated to, but eventually abandoned by, the City of Gray. The City denied that the property once was one of its streets, and it made no claim of any interest in the strip. Appellees defended on the basis that the property never was dedicated as a municipal street and that they acquired prescriptive title thereto. After a hearing, the special master…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Barfield v. VickersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
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