Betts v. Hawkins

LILES, Chief Judge.

Appellee, Eleanor Betts Hawkins, filed suit seeking a determination that the property in dispute was homestead property and sought further that certain deeds of record be declared null and void.

The trial court held that the property was homestead in character and ordered recession and cancellation of a certain deed of record. The appellant, Elizabeth W. Betts, appeals from this final decree rendered in favor of appellee Hawkins.

On December 19, 1953, the appellant, a widow, married Frank Betts, a widower, who was the father of appellee by his previous marriage. Prior to her…