Grand Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows v. Stubbs

The parties occupy the same relative positions here as in the trial court and will be referred to by their trial court designation. The plaintiff alleges title to the property in question by virtue of a deed from the parties’ common grantor dated June 10, 1954. The defendants’ claim to ownership is based on a deed from the grantor dated May 12, 1954, and filed for record the following day. The controversy surrounds; the validity of the deed of May 12. By reply to the answer and cross-petition the plaintiff alleges the defendants’ deed conveyed no title because it was without consideration and…