Price v. Moore
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Parle. Greene superior court. January 2, 1920. Mrs. Julia Moore brought petition against W. W. Price of Greene county, and W. T. Brightwell of Oglethorpe county, alleging, in part, that Guy B. Brightwell, on and prior to January 10, 1907, held title to a tract of land in Greene county, Georgia, known as the E. D. Gillen place, containing in all 117 acres, which she described in the petition; and on January 10, 1907, Guy R. Brightwell executed…
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Parle. Greene superior court. January 2, 1920. Mrs. Julia Moore brought petition against W. W. Price of Greene county, and W. T. Brightwell of Oglethorpe county, alleging, in part, that Guy B. Brightwell, on and prior to January 10, 1907, held title to a tract of land in Greene county, Georgia, known as the E. D. Gillen place, containing in all 117 acres, which she described in the petition; and on January 10, 1907, Guy R. Brightwell executed to petitioner a deed to a portion of this land, in which deed the land conveyed was described as follows : “ That tract…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. While there was some evidence that the defendant and his predecessors had been in possession of the land in controversy for more than seven years, the court was not required to charge the jury on prescriptive title arising from adverse possession under color of title for seven years. The jury were given instructions under which they were required to pass upon the question as to the location of the western boundary of Mrs. Moore’s land, and the fixing of that line was involved in the verdict which the jury were to find and did find under the court’s…
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