Blackmon v. Brazil

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The defendant Joseph Blackmon appeals a summary judgment for the plaintiffs Alma Griffin Brazil and Rebecca Evans. We affirm.1

Facts

In September 2002, the plaintiffs sued Blackmon to quiet title to land owned by the plaintiffs' father, John Griffin ("the elder John"), when he died intestate in 1966. The plaintiffs alleged that they were the only living heirs of the elder John when he died and, therefore, that they were the only persons who inherited his land by…