Harrison v. Durham

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

1. While the plaintiff here failed to show title back to a common grantor with the defendant under the rule laid down in Sinclair v. Friedlander, 197 Ga. 797 (30 S. E. 2d 398) or back to the original grant from the State, as the plaintiff in error contends — he, nevertheless, showed a chain of title for more than forty years with proof of possession under color of title and claim of right for that period of time, and this was sufficient to make a prima facie case in ejectment. Davis v. Stripling, 32 Ga. 656; Code §§ 85-406, 85-407; Camp v. Cochrane, 71 Ga. 865;…