Corley v. Parson

Hall, Justice.

Eva Mae Johns Corley and other heirs of G.W. Johns filed suit against the administrator of the estate of J.W. *347Johns and the legatees under J.W.’s will. They seek to have title to the 40 acres willed by J.W. to these legatees declared in them. The controversy stems from a 1924 deed from G.W. to J.W., which was not recorded until 1969, long after the death of G.W. in 1941. When J.W. died in 1972, the deed was found in a trunk belonging to J.W. with about $8,000 in old bills. In an earlier appearance of this case, we held that the deed in dispute conveyed title in fee simple upon a…