COPELAND v. CARTER

36978, 36979.

247 Ga. 542 (1981)

277 S.E.2d 500

COPELAND v. CARTER; and vice versa.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert E. Butler, for appellant.

W. Glover Housman, Jr., Hubert H. Howard, Elvita Ham, Janice Browning, for appellee.


JORDAN, Chief Justice.

On June 26, 1979, Martha Thomas Carter, 79 years old, filed a complaint in the Wayne Superior Court against Richard Copeland in which she alleged that Copeland had recorded a deed conveying certain lands from herself to Copeland, and that Copeland had conspired with an unknown imposter to forge her signature to said deed. Carter prayed that the deed be set aside and that attorney's fees and punitive damages be awarded.

Copeland did not...

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