Giddings v. Starks

Nichols, Chief Justice.

Starks brought an action under Code Ann. § 37-1411 et seq. to remove a cloud on his title.

Starks purchased a 25-acre tract of land which was part of a 59-acre tract formerly owned by Felix Giddings. In 1926 Felix Giddings deeded the land to his two sons, S. J. and James P. Giddings. No deed of record appears showing any conveyance from either S. J. or James P. Giddings, who died intestate, respectively, in 1948 and 1931. In 1929 Maude Parks, a sister of S. J. and James P. Giddings, began living on the land with the permission of James P. Giddings. In 1932 the land was…