26 Ga. App. 167 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1921
It is well settled by the rulings of the appellate courts of this State that “ To sustain an application for the removal of obstructions from an alleged private way, the right to which is based, upon prescription by seven years’ user, it is essential that the applicant show not only that he has been in tire uninterrupted use thereof for seven years or more, that it does not exceed fifteen feet in width, and that it is the same fifteen feet originally appropriated, but that he has kept it open and in repair during such period. Collier v. Farr, 81 Ga. 749 (7 S. E. 860), and cases cited; Nashville &c. Ry. v. Coats, 133 Ga. 820 (66 S. E. 1085).” Johnson v. Sams, 136 Ga. 448. See also Buchanan v. Parks, 111 Ga. 873 (36 S. E. 947), and cases cited; Forrester v. McKaig, 144 Ga. 702 (87 S. E. 1060); Goodwin v. Bickers, 22 Ga. App. 13, and cases cited on page 14 (95 S. E. 311). The evidence in this case fails to show, that the alleged private way does not exceed fifteen feet in width, that it is the same fifteen feet originally appropriated, and that it has been kept open and in repair for seven years. Therefore the ordinary erred in ordering the obstruction removed, and the judge of the superior court erred in overruling the certiorari.
In view of the foregoing rulings it is unnecessary to pass upon the assignments of error in the petition for certiorari relating to the admission of evidence.
Judgment reversed.'