Garcia v. McLean

Appellant contests here the trial court’s finding that his ejectment action against appellees was barred by the seven-year statute of limitations for adverse possession of land. The record reveals that appellees built a fence on part of appellant’s Walton County land late in 1960. In 1966, before the running of the limitation period, appellant brought a suit in equity seeking to quiet title in the land. On appellees’ motion, however, the court dismissed that suit (without prejudice) and quashed process in the cause. Appellant then brought this ejectment action at law against appellees in…