Simpson v. Wrate

Appellees, Emma Simpson and Daisy Luce, who were daughters of Eliza Spackman, filed their bill in the circuit court of Boone county against their sister, the appellant, Eunice Spackman Wrate, and other heirs of their mother, to set aside a deed from the mother to appellant on the grounds of fraud, mental incapacity and undue influence, and they prayed that a certain memorandum in writing signed by the mother and given to appellees be held to be a first mortgage on certain real estate as security for claims of appellees against the mother. Two sons, one daughter and two grandchildren of Eliza…