Houston v. Knoedl

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This case involves a dispute over the ownership of a parcel of land located in Lonoke County. In 1938, the property belonged to John Pemberton, who upon his death, devised it to his wife, Mary. In 1946, Mary Pemberton deeded 14.83 acres of the farm land to Ralph and Mildred Pemberton. Later, upon Ralph’s and Mildred’s deaths, the farm acreage became the property of their daughter, Mildred Pemberton Crow. In August of 1993, Mildred conveyed 1.6 acres of the 14.83 acreage to William and Mary Knoedl who planned to build their retirement home on it. It is this conveyance that…