In making out a prescriptive title, an innocent purchaser may not tack to the time period of his own possession the time of possession of a grantor whose possession originated through fraud against the true owner. (Civil Code 1895, § 3596; Civil Code 1910, § 4176; Code 1933, § 85-415.)
O.C.G.A. § 44-5-174
Tacking of prior possession originating in fraud
of Code section. — This Code section is derived from the decision in Farrow v
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