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Pearre v. Wilkinson
181 Ga. 619
Ga.
1936
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Beck, Presiding Justice.

Wilkinson filed 'With proeessioners, in accordance with the statute, his petition to have the lines around his tract of land surveyed and marked anew. Attached to his petition .was an affidavit that he had given written notice to the adjacent landowners. The proeessioners made their survey and filed their return in-accordance with the statute, the return showing that the adjacent landowners had been served. To this return certain of the adjacent landowners filed their protest.- On the trial of the issues so-made, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the applicant. A motion for new trial was overruled, and the pfotestants excepted.

The Court of Appeals, and not this-court, tías jurisdiction of the case. Code, § 85-1605. It is not the function of proeessioners to ascertain and fix new lines; their duty is only to run and mark anew those which can be taken as having .been formerly located and established. Amos v. Parker, 88 Ga. 754 (16 S. E. 200); Parrish v. Castleberry, 142 Ga. 115 (2) (82 S. E. 520); Wheeler v. Thomas, 139 Ga. 598 (77 S. E. 817); Elkins v. Merritt, 20 Ga. App. 737 (92 S. E. 51). See also Elkins v. Merritt, 146 Ga. 647 (92 *620S. E. 51). The rulings announced above and the constitutional provision defining the jurisdiction of this court and of the Court of Appeals require the transfer of this case.

Transferred to Court of Appeals.

All the Justices concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Pearre v. Wilkinson
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Jan 18, 1936
Citation: 181 Ga. 619
Docket Number: No. 10691
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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