Phillips v. Hayes

Candler, Justice.

On October 31, 1938, Mrs. Mittie Amelia Phillips, for a recited consideration of $5, conveyed to her mother, Mrs. M. Lebraska Hayes, 45 acres of land in Gwinnett County, Georgia. The grantee had the deed recorded on November 4, 1952. The grantor on December 12, 1952, brought a suit against the grantee to cancel it. Her petition in substance alleges that she and her mother jointly and equally acquired the land under the will of Melvin A. Corbin, who was the father of her mother; that she executed the deed because her mother stated to her that this was necessary to probate the…