KELLEY v. KELLEY

81-981.

435 So.2d 214 (1983)

James N. KELLEY v. George W. KELLEY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray T. Kennington and George E. Trawick, Ariton, for appellant.

M. Dale Marsh of Cassady, Fuller & Marsh, Enterprise, for appellee.


MADDOX, Justice.

The question before the Court is whether a deed which contained a mistake in the description of the property conveyed and was later altered after execution to correct the mistake by someone other than the grantor or grantee was valid to pass title to the grantee. We hold that the altered deed was valid to pass title and affirm the trial court's judgment.

George W. Kelley, plaintiff-appellee, filed a complaint seeking a sale for division of...

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