Jayroe v. Hall

This case involves a dispute between the three children of J.W. and Laura I. Jayroe. Morris Jayroe sued his sister, Willie Pearl Hall, and his brother, Tolbert Jayroe,1 seeking title to two parcels of land in Crenshaw County, Alabama, that were previously owned by their parents. In 1974 J.W. and Laura I. Jayroe executed deeds conveying portions of their property to each of their children. The evidence reveals that the none of the deeds described the 23 acres of land on which the Jayroes lived and worked. Morris Jayroe seeks reformation of his deed to include that 23 acres, which, he argues,…