Skaggs v. Vaughn

PARK, Judge.

The appellant, Joe Skaggs, appeals from a judgment of the LaRue Circuit Court granting a summary judgment dismissing his complaint. By his complaint, Skaggs attacked the validity of a deed dated November 29, 1968, apparently executed by Skaggs and his wife, Allie. This deed purported to convey a farm to Allie’s two nieces, the appellees Wilma Jean Vaughn and Winnie Ree Vaughn Reed, subject to a joint life estate reserved by the grantors. Following Allie’s death in 1969, Skaggs remarried and moved from the farm to Chattanooga. This action was precipitated by a dispute over the…