Slaughter v. Land

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

1. In substance, tlie action is by the entire membership of the church, an unincorporated religious institution, to recover the land “as church property,” alleged to have been used by the church for church purposes for more than twenty years (prescriptive period). In virtue of such membership the action is by plaintiffs, not in their individual capacities as tenants in common, but collectively for use of the church. See O’Jay Spread Co. v. Hicks, 185 Ga. 507, 513 (195 S. E. 564).

2. “Actual adverse possession of lands for 20 years, by itself, shall give good title…