Carter v. Barclay

ELLIS, Chief Justice.

This appeal results from a trial court judgment quieting title in plaintiff-appellee to a certain tract of land and awarding plaintiff actual and exemplary damages against the defendant-appellant for trespass on the land in controversy.

After a series of negotiations extending over a period of several months, on April 23, 1970, the appellant, William A. Carter, entered into a contract to purchase 35.8 acres of land from Mrs. Betty Barclay, mother of Donald R. Barclay, appellee herein, and Eugene Barclay, uncle of ap-pellee and administrator of the Estate of appellee’s…