Mid-State Homes, Inc. v. Johnson

Grice, Justice.

This is an equitable proceeding to recover land on the theory that a provision terminating the grantor’s life estate under certain circumstances is void, or, in the alternative, to recover the value of improvements on the land.

Mid-States Homes, Inc., filed in the Superior Court of Seminole County its petition against J. R. Johnson, Lee R. Johnson, Mrs. Louise Alday and Cleveland Williams for recovery of certain land in that county, or the value of the improvements placed upon it by the plaintiff. The trial court sustained a general demurrer to the petition filed by the first…