Legal Opinion
Howard v. Rivers
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 22, 1996No. S95A1793PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Chief Justice.
Joe and Robert Rivers filed an action against Howard to establish an easement across Howard’s land for the purpose of access to adjacent property owned by the Riverses. The basis of the claim of easement was the Riverses’ assertion that they had used an existing roadway across Howard’s property for the 20 years needed to establish an easement by prescription across wild land pursuant to OCGA § 44-9-1. A jury returned a verdict for the Riverses and, after the trial court denied her motion for new trial, Howard filed this appeal. In all three of her enumerations of error,…
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