Bryan v. Bryan

Cureton, Judge:

This is an action to quiet title to real estate located in Jasper County, South Carolina. The respondent Wilma J. Bryan and the appellant John Daniel Bryan were previously married. Mrs. Bryan alleged in her complaint that she is the owner of a thirty-acre tract of land, title to which was clouded by a deed from Mr. Bryan to the parties’ son, appellant John Kenneth Bryan (son). The deed purports to convey the southern-most ten acres of the tract. The appellants counterclaimed for a declaration of ownership to the ten-acre tract. The matter was referred to a special referee who…