Gregg v. Link

CRAWFORD, Judge.

This case involves the priority of recorded deeds to real estate. Plaintiffs, Johnny Wayne Gregg, and wife, Shirley Gregg, filed their complaint against defendant, Mildred Link, and sought, among other things, a decree declaring that the Link deed was invalid, that the Gregg deed was valid, and that the Greggs were vested with fee simple title to the real estate in controversy.

The record reveals the following facts pertinent to the issue on appeal.

On February 19, 1979, Ethel Prince, Johnny Wayne Gregg’s aunt and Mildred Link’s sister, executed a deed to plaintiffs, Johnny and…