(DOWNLOAD) "Pridgen v. Coffee County Board Education" by Supreme Court of Georgia * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Pridgen v. Coffee County Board Education
- Author : Supreme Court of Georgia
- Release Date : January 01, 1962
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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The motion asserts that the court overlooked the evidence in the record that the trustees of Pridgen School District in 1921, recognized a superior title to be in J. F. Pridgen, a predecessor in the record title of the plaintiff, and therefore the possession of the trustees was not adverse. The only evidence in the record on which the plaintiff can base such contention is an excerpt from the minutes of the Coffee County Board of Education, dated February 7, 1921, which recited: "It was agreed that 3 1/2 acres of land be purchased from J. F. Pridgen for Pridgen School site and that he be paid $35.00 per acre for same." There was no evidence that the "3 1/2 acres . . . for Pridgen School site" referred to in the aforesaid minutes was the same property then possessed by the school trustees and which is presently the subject matter of this suit. Furthermore, in 1921 the trustees of Pridgen School District (not the Coffee County Board of Education) were in possession of the school property and not until 1945 when the school district was abolished did the school property pass to the County Board of Education. Therefore the record at most indicates that if a superior title to the presently litigated tract was recognized such recognition was made by the Coffee County Board of Education and not by the trustees who possessed the property. There is no evidence in the record to indicate that after February, 1921, anything was done either by J. F. Pridgen or the county regarding the purchase of any land, but the evidence shows that for more than twenty years after 1921 the trustees continued in possession of the school property.