Stevens v. Way

Sognier, Judge.

Robert Way filed a dispossessory warrant against Paul Stevens to obtain possession of 1.8 acres of property in Liberty County, Georgia. The trial court denied Stevens’ motion for summary judgment and the jury found for Way. Stevens appeals.

The land in question was originally owned by Ellen Roberts Stevens, who was the wife of appellant Stevens and the aunt of appellee Robert Way. In 1973 Mrs. Stevens had the property transferred secretly to Way by warranty deed and had the deed recorded in January 1974. It was established at trial that neither Stevens nor Way was aware of this…