Smith v. Georgia Kaolin Co.

Fletcher, Justice.

This appeal concerns whether summary judgment should have been granted to kaolin companies under the Quiet Title Act of 1966. We affirm the grant of summary judgment against the Cobb heirs, but reverse the summary judgment entered against John Smith.

Smith brought a petition to quiet title under OCGA §§ 23-3-60 to 23-3-72 concerning land in Wilkinson County. The heirs of George Cobb intervened as plaintiffs. After extensive discovery, Georgia Kaolin Company and Dry Branch Kaolin Company moved for summary judgment. They contended that petitioners in a statutory quiet title…