Supreme Court of Georgia November 19, 2001, S01A1177 (Mitchell v. Mitchell)

lead-opinion

Thompson, Justice.

Gene Mitchell owned land in Lamar County. He died in 1991. Seven years before his death, Gene drew a diagram of the property showing how he intended to divide it equally among his children. Pursuant to that diagram, Gene deeded five acre parcels of land to each one of his five children.