Mills v. Epperson

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Chester A. Mills brought an action against his former wife, Estie Epperson, to quiet his title to a parcel of land in Knox County. Estie counterclaimed, asking that title be quieted in her, and judgment was entered in her favor. Chester appeals.

The question is whether Estie had such an equitable title to the land as to overcome Chester’s bare legal title.

Chester and Estie had been married for about 30 years prior to their divorce in 1948. In June 1943, one John M. Arthur and wife executed a deed to Chester Mills, conveying a tract of land which included the parcel here in…