Legal Opinion

Hall v. Browning

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 11, 1943No. 14407Published

1Opinion of the Court

Jenkins, Justice.

“The right of private way over another’s land may arise by prescription from seven years’ uninterrupted use through improved lands . . ; but in order to set up such prescriptive right of way, it is essential that the prescriber 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 number of feet originally appropriated, but that he has kept it open and in repair during such period.” Rogers v. Wilson, 171 Ga. 802 (4) (156 S. E. 817), and cit.; Elliott v. Adams, 173 Ga. 312…

2Cases cited57 opinions

  1. Southern Railway Co. v. O'BryanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Grant v. HartSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  3. Macon Railway & Light Co. v. MasonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  4. Avery v. BowerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
  5. Collier v. FarrSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888

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