Stringer v. Willingham

'Carlisle, J.

1. Where a street or road has been expressly dedicated to the public and accepted by the proper authorities of a city, no possession, for no matter how long, can ripen into prescription after the time the city manifests its acceptance of the dedication, in the absence of an abandonment by the city of such street or road. Adams v. Richmond County, 193 Ga. 42, 50 (17 S. E. 2d, 184).

*218Decided May 27, 1952. Rodney S. Cohen, Henry J. Heffernan, for plaintiffs in error. Claude R. Caldwell, contra.

Russell J. and Thelma P. Stringer brought an action in the Recorder’s Court of the City of…