Dubbers-Albrecht v. Nathan

Gregory, Justice.

The appellants are the fee owners of a tract of land comprising approximately 625 acres in Jeff Davis County. The appellees own the mineral rights to that tract as tenants-in-common. Appellants filed a petition for declaratory judgment, seeking a determination under OCGA § 44-5-168 1 that they had gained title to the mineral rights by adverse possession on the grounds the appellees had neither attempted to work the mineral rights nor paid taxes on them for seven years preceding the filing of the petition. The trial court granted summary judgment to the appellees and this…