Burnett v. Holliday Brothers, Inc.

Littlejohn, Justice:

The Petitioners in this action are the children and sole heirs at law of Sara R. Wannamaker, who died in July of 1948. They bring this action against Defendant Holliday Brothers, Inc., claiming title to Lot No. 1 of block I of the Floral Beach subdivision. They claim ownership because George J. Holliday, in 1928, executed a fee simple conveyance deed to this property to their mother.

The defendant, answering the complaint, alleged that it and its predecessors in title were purchasers of the property in question for valuable consideration without notice of the Petitioners’…