Taylor v. Heirs of Johnson

HANSEN, Chief-Judge:

T1 In 1947, J.J. Johnson and his wife Nettie purchased, as joint tenants, the subject 80 acre tract. J.J. died in 1955 and Nettie died in 1967, leaving six living children and the children of three deceased children. Ira Johnson, the last survivirig child of J.J. and Nettie, had been in sole possession of the 80 acres since 1967. Ira died in 1996 leaving a will which devised the 80 acres to his wife, Evelyn. Evelyn then conveyed the 80 acres to her daughter and Ira's stepdaughter, Plaintiff, Ella Jean Taylor.

12 In 1997, Plaintiff listed the 80 acres with a real estate…