Legal Opinion
Ostertag v. Donovan
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided October 27, 1958No. 6444PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGHEE, Justice.
The defendant, Dr. H. E. Donovan, prosecutes his appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff, E. F. Ostertag, administrator of the estate of Josephine P. Holstein, rescinding a gift to him of stock valued at $6,000 by the deceased while she was his patient in the Donovan Hospital at Raton, New Mexico,
■The case was tried before the court without a jury, the court finding in substance that the decedent was so physically infirm, weak and emaciated as to be mentally susceptible to the influence of the defendant, who knowing the decedent’s condition, that he had great influence over…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Beals ex rel. Walker v. AresNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1919
- Brown v. CobbNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1949
- Woodbury v. WoodburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Cardenas v. OrtizNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1924
- Matthaei v. PownallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Roberts-Douglas v. MearesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Matter of FerrillNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1981
- Roybal v. MorrisNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1983
- Lindley v. LindleyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1960
- Pleuss v. City of SeattleCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1972
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