Vaughan v. Central Bank of the South (In re Vaughan)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ALLGOOD, Senior District Judge.

James Wann Vaughan appeals the order of the Bankruptcy Court granting a summary judgment in favor of the defendant J.C. Vaughan.

The defendant and plaintiff are father and son, respectively. The parties each *75owned an undivided one-half interest in 1,657 acres of land. On August 15, 1973 the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Alabama, entered an order partitioning the property pursuant to a suit filed by the father. Under the partition order, the father acquired fee simple title to approximately 1,082 acres, and the son acquired a life estate in…