Gilmore v. Roberson

LAWSON, Justice.

Emma Roberson died intestate on or about April 14, 1959, seized and possessed of twenty-one acres of land in Houston County, where she had resided.

She was survived by a son, Clifford; by a daughter, Mrs. McGinty; and by four grandchildren, children of a deceased *232daughter. The son and daughter are residents of Houston County. The grandchildren are all nonresidents.

During the last part of October and the first few days of November, 1959, C. H. Gilmore, who owns land adjacent to the Roberson land, acquired quitclaim deeds from the grandchildren, whereby he became the owner of an…