Hall v. Reynolds

BRYAN, Judge.

The defendant, Johnnie Hall, Sr., appeals from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, Calvin E. Reynolds, James C. Reynolds, Annie Reynolds Perry, and Gwendolwyn Reynolds Amamoo (“the Moorer heirs”) in this boundary-line dispute. Because we conclude that the trial court did not have before it necessary parties who should have been joined if feasible, we reverse and remand.

Hall’s father, David Hall, owned a tract of property (“the Hall property”). In his will, David Hall devised a life estate in the Hall property to his wife, Rosabelle Hall, and he devised a remainder interest in…