Givens v. Commonwealth

MILLIKEN, Justice.

The State claims title by way of dedication to two tracts of land adjacent to the Levi Jackson Wilderness Road State Park in Laurel County which the appellant, Marian Jackson Givens, asserts she inherited as sole heir of her father, G. D. Jackson, who died intestate in 1937. The State asserts that in 1931 G. D. Jackson offered to dedicate his interest in the laud for park purposes, that his offer was accepted, and that the State, consequently, has title to the land.

The two tracts of land involved were once the property of Levi Jackson who died testate in 1879. After Levi’s…