Pipes v. Sevier

SHANGLER, Judge.

This action, an intra-family squabble over the title to certain parcels of land under successive — and incompatible — conveyances from the mother to several family members, commenced as a petition for declaratory judgment, and was adjudicated on a petition [the fourth amendment] to remove a cloud from the title. The dispute ranged the two children of Leone Pipes — Keith and Beverly — against the other, while the mother aligned first with the cause of Keith, and then after his death, with the cause of Beverly.

The action was tried to the court, and the court adjudged that the…