Shiels v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Title. Prescription. Before Judge Tompkins. Chatham Superior Court. May Term, 1878. ■To the report contained in the opinion it is only necessary to add the following: Shiels brought ejectment against Roberts. The case turned upon the defense of prescriptive title by reason of twenty years’ possession in himself and those under whom he claimed. The jury found for the defendant.
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Evidence. Title. Prescription. Before Judge Tompkins. Chatham Superior Court. May Term, 1878. ■To the report contained in the opinion it is only necessary to add the following: Shiels brought ejectment against Roberts. The case turned upon the defense of prescriptive title by reason of twenty years’ possession in himself and those under whom he claimed. The jury found for the defendant. Plaintiff moved for a new trial on the following, among other grounds: (1) . Because the court ruled out testimony showing that the structures on lot No. 18 claimed by defendant were dilapidated and of little…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Justice.
The plaintiff held perfect written title to city lot number 18 in Gilmerville ward, Savannah ; the defendant, to number 17. Defendant and those from whom he derived possessory right continuously for some twenty-six years, occupied a certain building which covered some feet over the line between 18 and 17 — as testified by the surveyor from the city map. The plaintiff sued for the part of 18 thus covered by these old buildings. The jury, under the charge of the court, found for the defendant, and a new trial being refused by the superior court, the plaintiff brings the case…
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