Baker v. White
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Eoute (presiding instead of Judge Eite> disqualified). Bartow superior court. July 29, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
1. “In order to acquire a prescriptive title by virtue of, possession alone for twenty years, such possession must be actual, and the prescription will not extend beyond the possessio pedis. If one seeks to prescribe by virtue of actual possession alone, without color of title, he should show the extent of such possession.” Tillman v. Bomar, 134 Ga. 660 (5), 661 (68 S. E. 504).(a) Tested by the rule of law above quoted, the evidence was insufficient to authorize the jury to find that the defendants in error, by actual adverse possession for 20 years in good faith, acquired a good prescriptive…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tillman v. BomarSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
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