Edenfield v. Lanier

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) A controlling question'is whether or not the judgment in the processioning proceeding is a bar to the ejectment suit as a matter of law. A verdict and judgment under Code § 85-1601 et seq., in a processioning proceeding, in which an adjoining landowner files a protest, is conclusive on the parties and their privies in title. Howland v. Brown, 92 Ga. 513 (17 S. E. 806); Martin v. Pattillo, 126 Ga. 436 (1) (55 S. E. 240); Stovall v. Caverly, 139 Ga. 243 (2) (77 S. E. 29); Caverly v. Stovall, 143 Ga. 705 (2) (85 S. E. 844);…