Legal Opinion
Brooks v. Green
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 29, 2004No. S04A0369PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLEY, Justice.
DeKalb County abandoned a 60-foot wide right-of-way which ran between property owned by Fred H. Brooks and land owned by the predecessors in title of Brian Jerrell Green. The County deeded to those predecessors the 30-foot half of the right-of-way which was adjacent to their land, and Green purchased the property as a subdivision lot in 1991. In 2001, Brooks obtained from the County a quitclaim deed to the 30-foot half of the right-of-way which bordered his property. Thereafter, Brooks filed this petition for ejectment, alleging that Green was claiming an 11-foot wide strip of…
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- Bailey v. BuckSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
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