Kosakowski v. Bagdon

Martha Kosakowski, by her amended complaint in equity in the circuit court of Lake county, sought to set aside a deed given by her mother, Eleanor Kosakowski, to Walter Bagdon, her mother’s second husband, and to recover her share of her mother’s estate. She claimed that the deed was procured by the exercise of undue influence upon her mother by Bagdon while they were engaged to be married. Bag-don’s answer denied generally the allegations of the complaint, but did not deny that they were engaged to marry at the time the deed was executed and delivered to him. His counter-claim also asserted…