Tyson v. Jackson

The plaintiffs (appellants) filed suit against defendants (appellees) seeking to have the court declare plaintiffs to be the fee simple owners of a 28.6-acre tract of land in Lowndes County. The defendants denied the plaintiffs' claim to the land and, by counterclaim, asked the court to declare them the fee simple owners. After a hearing, the court entered its order in favor of the defendants and the plaintiffs appealed.

In December, 1944, Matthew Jackson and A.F. Jackson acquired a tract of land by deed from G.R. and Quintilla Beers. The lands conveyed by this deed included the 28.6-acre…