Cynthia D. Dorris v. Mary Graves

FAIR, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. After Mary Graves purchased her elderly brother’s land at a tax sale, he quitclaimed the property to Cynthia Dor-ris, his daughter. Cynthia then sued Mary, complaining Mary had obtained the .tax deed by leading Cynthia and her father to believe she would pay the taxes op their behalf. Mary claimed that her brother did not want the land and that she had acquired it with his knowledge and consent. The parties were the only two witnesses to testify at the hearing, as their brother/father, Reuben Stringer, was eighty-nine years of age at the time of trial and was…