Paul v. Keene

Thompson, Justice.

After the death of Robert H. Small, Sr., in 1957, the probate court awarded Small’s widow, Irene Paul, and her three minor children, Sandra Small Keene, Robert H. Small, Jr., and George Small, a year’s support, which included title to a 186-acre tract of land in Jones County, Georgia. More than 40 years later, Sandra Small Keene and George Small filed this quia timet action naming Irene Paul, Robert H. Small, Jr., and all the world as defendants. They alleged that the parties orally agreed to partition the land into four separate, equal parcels, and that they each entered…