Court Opinion

ID: 9584791
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:52:43.295878+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:16:01.467472
License: Public Domain

Gunter, Justice,
concurring specially. I concur in the judgment of affirmance. However, under the facts of this case I do not agree that the appellant and the appellee became tenants in common in 1941.
The appellee was the sole grantee in a deed from Arnold, dated May 12, 1941, which conveyed fee simple title to the entire 148.1-acre tract. Irrespective of the validity or invalidity of this deed, it constituted "color of title” to the entire tract. Appellee’s "color of title” under this deed ripened into full and complete title after 7 years possession against all claimants laboring under no legal disabilities. And appellee’s "color of title” likewise ripened against appellant after the expiration of 7 years from the date that the appellant reached the age of 21.
As I read this record the appellant and the appellee were never tenants in common.
I would affirm the judgment for the reason stated herein.