Edgeworth v. Edgeworth

Bowles, Justice.

Appellants and appellee are the four sole surviving heirs of M. F. Edgeworth, Sr., who died intestate in 1964. Prior to his demise, the decedent suffered setbacks in his financial and physical well being. As a result thereof, on September 19,1955, the decedent conveyed to his son, the appellee, his farm in Carroll County, Georgia. This conveyance was made without consideration.

Appellants never raised the question of trust in challenge to the ownership of the farm by the appellee prior to the decedent’s death. However, upon learning of appellee’s intention to sell the farm,…