Pemberton v. Reed

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

The sisters Maggie and Cora Pemberton owned two tracts of land as joint tenants with the right of survivorship. On January 17, 1946, Maggie and Cora executed, without consideration, a warranty deed to defendants Reed, husband and wife, to a 29⅝⅞ acre parcel of land [Tract A], On October 22, 1946, they executed another warranty deed to defendants Reed to a 59 acre parcel [Tract B] and reserved in themselves a life estate. Cora died on November 18, 1947. Maggie died on April 22, 1974.

On July 24, 1974, J. D. Pemberton [nephew of Maggie and Cora] and his wife brought an…