Justice v. Eubanks

George Howard, Jr., Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree quieting title to a 40 acre tract of land in James and Virginia Eubanks, on the theory that Bill Bates and Ocie Bates, former title holders, made an oral property settlement prior to their divorce in 1951, whereby Bill would receive the lands in question free of any claim of Ocie.'

On February 19, 1945, Bill Bates, an appellee, and Ocie Bates (now Ocie Justice, appellant), received, as husband and wife, a warranty deed to a 40 acre tract of land from the widow and heirs of R. L. Bates, deceased father óf Bill Bates. Bill and Ocie were…