Hicks v. Simpson

Grice, Presiding Justice.

This appeal arose out of a land registration proceeding which was referred to an examiner and later tried before a jury in the Superior Court of Pulton County.

The complaint as originally filed sought to register in the name of Mrs. C. A. Simpson title to six parcels of land. However, the litigation was confined to four of these parcels, hereinafter referred to as "the Johnson property,” the "Stewart property” and "the Johnson option.”

Objections and defensive pleadings were filed by Barbara Louise Hayes Barbee, Mrs. Simpson’s daughter; Kenneth E. Barbee; Sam E. Hicks;…