DeFoor v. DeFoor

Thompson, Justice.

Flint Timber Company, a developer, approached Larry DeFoor to purchase an easement on 6.5 acres of land in Ellijay, Georgia. At the time, the record title holder was Larry’s grandmother, Millie DeFoor. Millie, who had nine children, had lived on the property with her son, Clarence DeFoor, until her death in 1963.

Clarence and his wife, Lorena, continued to live on the property after Millie’s death. Clarence paid the property taxes, repaired and *541improved the home, maintained a garden, kept junk automobiles, removed large trees, kept roosters (in approximately 250 fenced pens)…