Legal Opinion

Martin v. Cauthen

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 21, 1886PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Processioning. Before Judge Boynton. Pike Superior Court. April Term, 1886. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Jackson, Chief Justice.

The point in this case is, whether, to procession land under sections 2384, 2385, 2386, it is necessary to run all *492around the tract in its entirety belonging to and possessed by the owner, or only around one lot alone under grant of the State, that lot whereupon the line is uncertain or disputed.

The question is not open in this court. Watson vs. Bishop et-al., 69 Ga. 51; Rattaree vs. Morrow, 71 Id. 528 These cases settle the law to be that the entire tract must be marked and surveyed all around it, and that the entire tract is not one lot or any other part of the body…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Watson v. BishopSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Nichols v. PurvisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  2. Gillis v. TaylorSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907

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