STRINGER v. WILLINGHAM

33905.

86 Ga. App. 217 (1952)

71 S.E.2d 258

STRINGER et al. v. WILLINGHAM et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 27, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney S. Cohen, Henry J. Heffernan, for plaintiffs in error.

Claude R. Caldwell, contra.


CARLISLE, J.

1. Where a street or road has been expressly dedicated to the public and accepted by the proper authorities of a city, no possession, for no matter how long, can ripen into prescription after the time the city manifests its acceptance of the dedication, in the absence of an abandonment by the city of such street or road. Adams v. Richmond County, 193 Ga. 42, 50 (17 S.E.2d 184).

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