Simpson v. Island View Sales Corp.

Plaintiff sued to quiet title to certain Camden County real estate. All defendants, save Hart, defaulted. Hart (hereinafter defendant) answered averring, inter alia, that a recorded deed purportedly executed by him and delivered to a grantee-grantor in plaintiff’s alleged chain of title was a forgery and thus void. Based upon her chain of title, the court nisi found plaintiff to be the owner of the real estate and defendant appealed.

Defendant’s two points relied on are that the trial court erred in quieting title in plaintiff because (1) defendant “sustained his burden of establishing that…