Gotel v. Thomas

Hunstein, Justice.

This is an appeal from a final judgment adopting the report of the special master in an action to quiet title to approximately five acres of land in Jasper County, Georgia. Finding no error, we affirm.

Title to the five-acre tract of land can be traced to an 1881 deed in the name of Sallie Beck Thomas. In 1931, Sallie Beck Thomas died intestate. After her husband died intestate, their daughter, Mary Thomas Scott, came into the property. Mary Thomas Scott, who died intestate, left one child, Joseph Thomas, Sr., who had children by two marriages. Appellant Curtis Gotel is the…