Legal Opinion

Friendship Baptist Church, Inc. v. West

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 16, 1995No. S95A0951Published

1Opinion of the Court

462 S.E.2d 618 (1995)

265 Ga. 745

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH, INC.

v.

WEST.

No. S95A0951.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 16, 1995.

George R. Ference, Bauer & Deitch, Atlanta, for Friendship Baptist Church, Inc.

Sam G. Dickson, Atlanta, for West.

CARLEY, Justice.

In 1993, Friendship Baptist Church brought this action for declaratory judgment against West, seeking a declaration that the Church had acquired prescriptive title to a parcel of unenclosed land adjacent to the Church measuring 15 feet by 75 feet. The trial court denied a motion for directed verdict made by the Church, and the jury returned a…

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2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. May v. SorrellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
  2. Flannery & Co. v. HightowerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
  3. Hearn v. LeveretteSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
  4. Strickland v. MarkosSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
  5. Chancey v. Georgia Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1977

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