Johnson v. Lane

This cause is here on direct appeal to review a decree of the circuit court of Fulton county setting aside a deed and for partition of the real estate therein described and other real estate.

The complaint alleges that Clinton C. Lane, now deceased, who was the father of defendant and complainants, was, prior to March 23, 1935, seized in fee simple of certain described real estate in the city of Canton; that on that date he, by a deed executed without consideration, conveyed that property to the defendant, his son John. The complaint sets out that Clinton C. Lane died April 20, 1935, seized of…