Overstreet v. Dixon

Bell, Judge.

The plaintiff in error had dual burdens in this case which were cast upon him, (1) as applicant for processioning and, (2) as protestant against the boundary line drawn anew by the processioners. The burden of establishing a prima facie case for the processioners1 return rested upon the plaintiff in error in his character as applicant. Woodcock v. Rayonier, Inc., 97 Ga. App. 133 (102 SE2d 93). The processioners’ return and the county surveyor’s plat are essential to a prima facie case, and, in the absence of any other evidence, would authorize a verdict sustaining the return.…