Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Davis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 3, 1946No. 15521PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wyatt, Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) In a written opinion accompanying the judgment, the' learned trial judge found in effect that the legal title to the property in dispute was in the plaintiff, O. M. Bennett. With this conclusion we agree.
The land in controversy had been dedicated to public use as a school. See Fountain v. Davis, 71 Ga. App. 1 (29 S. E. 2d, 798), a case involving the same tract of land. Eor nearly a half century the land was used for the purpose for which it was dedicated, but, according to the agreed statement of facts, it was “abandoned for school purposes…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Kennedy v. ManryCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Askew v. AmosSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
- Tinsley v. RiceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Brown v. City of East PointSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
- Wilkins v. McGeheeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Kendrick v. KendrickSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- Cobb County Rural Electric Membership Corp. v. Board of Lights & Water WorksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
- Gellis v. B. L. I. Construction Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
- Adler v. AdlerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1961
- Oscar C. Kolb, Bankrupt v. Robert A. Berlin, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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