57 Ga. 484
Decided July 15, 1876
Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1876-07-15
Statute of limitations. Bailments. Tenants in common. Prescription. Evidence. Notice. Before Judge Tompkins. Richmond Superior Court. October Term, 1875. Held: at the time of his death, real estate of the consolidation worth $2,500 00 — known as the “Tan-yard.” Jessup, on the 6th of September, 1867, made entries on his journal and ledger, showing that merchandise to the amount of $6,249 17, was the property of Harral.
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Decided 1876-07-15
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently November 1951
4 state decisions
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¶1If Jessup’s possession became adverse for a time, that would go for nothing if, before the bar of the statute attached, the possession ceased to be adverse in consequence of his return to duty, as bailee or co-tenant. As often as he resumed the cast-off relation, he would come again under the law of that relation.
¶2Judgment reversed.