O'Quinn v. O'Quinn, 31448
| Citation | 237 Ga. 653,229 S.E.2d 428 |
| Decision Date | 29 September 1976 |
| Docket Number | No. 31448,31448 |
| Parties | Van Rodney O'QUINN et al. v. Robert O'QUINN. |
| Court | Supreme Court of Georgia |
Crosby & Hege, David Roy Hege, Tifton, for appellants.
Reinhardt, Whitley & Sims, Glenn Whitley, Tifton, for appellee.
Roberson O'Quinn was the father of twelve children, seven born of his marriage to Minnie McClellan and five born of his marriage to Hattie L. Hill. On October 22, 1963, prior to his death on June 29, 1964, Roberson O'Quinn executed a deed to his son Robert O'Quinn covering several tracts of land located in Tift County, Georgia. The deed was recorded on October 25, 1963. The recited consideration in such deed was 'for and in consideration of love and affection between father and son and further consideration that the son is to take care of and provide for his father during the declining years of the said father, and at his death provide a Christian burial of said father.' The present action was filed by the five children born of the marriage to Hattie L. Hill and seeks to set aside the 1963 deed to Robert O'Quinn or in the alternative, in Count 2 seeks to have Robert O'Quinn declared a trustee holding 5/12 of said properties in trust for the plaintiffs. Other relief including an accounting, 5/12 of the total monies collected by defendant or due him from the sale, rental, etc. of such properties is also sought.
The trial court sustained the defendant's motion to dismiss the action as failing to state a claim on which relief can be granted and because of the failure to join indispensable parties. The plaintiffs appeal from this judgment.
The judgment of the trial court stated: 'The allegations of the complaint affirmatively show that the plaintiffs' claim is barred by the seven-year rule of limitation applicable to equitable suits attacking deeds in that the deed sought to be set aside and declared null and void was executed on October 22, 1963 and recorded on October 25, 1963 and the present suit was not filed until July 22, 1975 . . .' The appellant contends that the judgment of the trial court should be reversed inasmuch as the motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted did not affirmatively raise the issue of laches.
The first defense included in the defendant's answer raised the issue of the action being barred by the statute of limitation, while the second defense raised the issue of laches.
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