Harper v. Paradise

Ingram, Justice.

This appeal involves title to land. It is from a judgment and directed verdict granted to the appellees and denied to the appellants in the Superior Court of Oglethorpe County.

Appellants claim title as remaindermen under a deed to a life tenant with the remainder interest to the named children of the life tenant. This deed was delivered to the life tenant but was lost or misplaced for a number of years and was not recorded until 35 years later.

Appellees claim title as uninterrupted successors in title to an intervening mortgagee who purchased the property at a sheriffs sale…