Holmes v. Jones
Supreme Court of Georgia
Private ways. Jurisdiction. Justice courts. Ordinary. Before Judge Fain. Dade superior court. September, term, 1887. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
Certain real estate, embracing one or more plantations, belonged to an intestate, and during the lifetime of the intestate, a certain road had been kept open for a great many years, as a way to reach the public road from the home settlement on the premises. The property was divided amongst the heirs at law; and at the time of the division this road was open and used. It continued open for some time afterwards, and then another road was opened, for temporary use the evidence indicates; and after it had been used some two years, the old way was closed by the outer…
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