Case Name: Johnson, administrator, v. Girtman, administratrix
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1902-06-12
Citations: 115 Ga. 794
Docket Number: 
Parties: Johnson, administrator, v. Girtman, administratrix.
Judges: All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 115
Pages: 794–794

Head Matter:
Johnson, administrator, v. Girtman, administratrix.
Submitted May 1,
Decided June 12, 1902.
Complaint for land. Before Judge Bennet. Coffee superior court. September 9, 1901.
Leon A. Wilson and J. L. Sweat, for plaintiff.
Quincey & McDonald, for defendant.

Opinion:
Simmons, C. J.
1. "A quitclaim deed, taken in good faith, is sufficient color upon which to base title by prescription, when accompanied by seven years' possession thereunder." Castleberry v. Black, 58 Ga. 386.
2. A deed whereby the grantor, for a valuable consideration, grants, remises, sells, and releases unto the grantee, his heirs and assigns, " all the right, title, interest, claim, or demanda[the grantor] has or may have had in and to his. interest in and to " a certain described lot of land, is sufficient to amount to a conveyance of whatever interest the grantor had in the entire lot.
3. Where the grantee in such a deed purchases the land in go'od faith, goes into possession under the deed, and holds the land adversely for more than seven years, his claim ripens into a good prescriptive title.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.