Bruce v. Strickland

Duckworth, Justice.

1. To maintain an action for trespass, where the petitioner is not in actual possession, he must show legal title in himself. Ault v. Meager, 112 Ga. 148 (37 S. E. 185) ; Downing v. Anderson, 126 Ga. 373 (55 S. E. 184) ; Alaculsy Lumber Co. v. Gudger, 134 Ga. 603 (2) (68 S. E. 427); James v. Riley, 181 Ga. 454 (2) (182 S. E. 604).

2. While a deed to land is not void for uncertainty of description if it furnishes a key by which the land can be definitely located with the aid of extrinsic evidence (Prudential Insurance Co. v. Hill, 170 Ga. 600 (2), 153 S. E. 516; Holt v. Tate,…