HEARN v. LEVERETTE

19693.

213 Ga. 286 (1957)

99 S.E.2d 147

HEARN et al. v. LEVERETTE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitman, Whitman & Whitman, R. C. Whitman, Jr., Milton F. Gardner, for plaintiffs in error.

D. D. Veal, Carl E. Westmoreland, contra.


CANDLER, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts). 1. For his right to prevail in this litigation, the plaintiff relied on his unbroken chain of recorded deeds which dates back to 1906. Code (Ann.) § 38-637, declares: "A prima facie case shall be made out in actions respecting title to land upon showing good record title for a period of 40 years, and it shall not be necessary under such circumstances to prove title to the original grant from the State." Hence...

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