Estate of DOYLE WILLIAMS, Deceased. GLADYS BETHEL, as Administratrix, etc., Petitioner and Appellant, v. GEORGIA H. KIRKSEY, Claimant and Respondent

Holding

The court held that a claimant may acquire title to estate property by adverse possession even when the property remains subject to an unclosed probate administration, provided the claimant can establish all the requisite elements, including possession that is hostile to the estate and under a claim of right or color of title, and that the claimant’s good faith belief in a defective grant deed from the estate’s heir was sufficient to satisfy the color of title requirement.