Legal Opinion
Gaul v. Kennedy
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 9, 1980No. 36239PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
The appellant, Mrs. Gaul, filed suit seeking partition of a tract of land in Oconee County, alleging she held a one-half interest in the land as tenant in common with the appellee, Mr. Kennedy. Kennedy counterclaimed seeking an adjudication that Mrs. Gaul had no interest in the property and he was in fact the sole owner of the tract and praying that the cloud on his title be removed.
Mrs. Gaul based her claim on a recorded deed dated August 10, 1942, from Oconee County, Georgia, to Mr. Kennedy and Lila Kennedy, who was the mother of Mrs. Gaul and the sister of Mr. Kennedy. Lila…
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