Legal Opinion

Booker v. Booker

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 12, 1927No. 17860PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Broyles, O. J.

1. “Acquiescence for seven years, by acts or declarations of adjoining landowners, shall establish a dividing line.” Civil Code (1910), § 3821. The line so established is binding on the grantees of *739the coterminous proprietors. Osteen v. Wynn, 131 Ga. 209 (4) (62 S. E. 37, 127 Am. St. R. 212).

Decided April 12, 1927. Rehearing denied May 12, 1927. Burnside & McWhorter, for plaintiffs in error. Clement E. Sutton, contra.

2. “Where actual possession has been had, under a claim of right, for more than seven years, such claim shall be respected, and the lines so marked as not to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Osteen v. WynnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Bradley v. SheltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  2. Yarbrough v. StuckeyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1929
  3. Swinson v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1942
  4. Booker v. BookerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1930

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