Johnson v. Johnson

MCMILLIAN, Judge.

This appeal stems from a family dispute over ownership of a parcel of land on which the family “home place” is located.1

In 1993, the family patriarch, A. B. Norman Johnson (“A. B.” or “father”), his wife, Ada Nell Johnson (“Ada”) and one of their sons, appellant Michael Randy Johnson (“Michael”) were deeded one-third interests in the family home place property. A. B. also owned the land contiguous to the home place, and over the years he deeded parcels of this land to several of his children,2 including Michael and another son, appellee Troy James Johnson (“Troy’). In 2004,…