Hall v. Lofton

Thompson, Justice.

Willie Hall owned a 515-acre farm in Baker County, Georgia. On March 20, 1951, he executed a deed conveying the farm to three of his seven children, and reserving a life estate for himself. The deed was executed with all requisite formalities and was duly recorded on the same day. Willie Hall died in 1964 and left a will devising all of his property to his seven children in equal shares, “including any real estate that I might own.” The present complaint was brought in 2000 by the heirs of the children who were excluded by the 1951 deed, seeking to have the deed set aside…