HINES, Justice.
This is a dispute between a mother and son over ownership of land. On December 12, 1986, Vada Westberry Godwin purportedly executed a deed conveying a life estate in approximately 245 acres to her son, Joe Earl Godwin, with the remainder in fee simple to his three children. She reserved for herself a life estate and the right to harvest timber. The deed was not recorded.
On September 20, 1990, the mother executed a second deed to the same land...
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