Harlan v. Vetter

OPINION

ARNOT, Justice.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment action wherein the trial court found that a document entitled “Affidavit” was insufficient as a conveyance of the minerals. We affirm.

Appellant, Norma Jean Harlan, contends that her husband, Eugene H. Harlan, conveyed certain mineral interests in Texas to her in an instrument which created a joint tenancy with right of survivorship. The only appellees who filed a brief are the children of Eugene H. Harlan.

The instrument, in its entirety, reads as follows:

STATE OF TENNESSEE

COUNTY OF DeKALB

AFFIDAVIT

PERSONALLY APPEARED, before…