Georgia Power Co. v. Irvin
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
Appellant/defendant Georgia Power Company brings this appeal from a judgment entered by the trial court on a jury verdict in favor of appellees/plaintiffs Irvin and Jackson, in this declaratory judgment action.1 At issue is title to a 6.5-acre tract of land at Tallulah Gorge in Habersham County. Because the evidence supports the jury’s determination that appellees acquired prescriptive title by adverse possession, subject to certain rights in Georgia Power for purposes of power generation, and finding no merit to other asserted claims of error, we affirm.
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