Legal Opinion
Maddox v. Willis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 15, 1949No. 16657PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
1. "To sustain an application for the removal of obstructions from an alleged private way, the right to which is based upon prescription by seven years user, it is essential that the applicant show not only that he has been in the uninterrupted use thereof for seven years or more, that it does not exceed fifteen feet in width, and that it is the same fifteen feet originally appropriated, but that he has kept it open and in repair during such period." Johnson v. Sams, 136 Ga. 448 (2) (71 S.E. 891). See also Rogers v. Wilson, 171 Ga. 802 (4) (156 S.E. 817); First Christian Church v. Realty…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- First Christian Church v. Realty Investment Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Healey v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Holman v. Athens Empire Laundry Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1919
- Westbrook v. ComerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Everett v. TaborSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Owens Hardware Co. v. WaltersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
- Zant v. DickSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- State Highway Department of Georgia v. REED, MAYORSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
- Ammons v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1960
- Slautterback v. Intech Management Services, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1981
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