Cherbonnier v. Evitts
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Caroline County, sitting as a Court of Equity.
1Opinion of the CourtRitchie, J.
The appeal in this case, is from a decree of the Circuit Court for Caroline County, refusing to set aside a deed of gift made by one Seth H. Evitts, since deceased, conveying all his real property, a farm of about three hundred acres, to William Seth Evitts and James A. Butler, subject to a life estate in himself, &c.
The complainant, P. O. Cherbonnier, flies his bill in the two-fold and several capacities of executor and devisee under the last will of said Seth H. Evitts, which has been duly admitted to probate, assailing the validity of the deed upon the grounds of mental incapacity, fraud…
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