Hick v. Thomas
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Shasta County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Temple, C.
Defendant appeals from judgment and order refusing a new trial.
The action is to set aside a conveyance of real estate and a bill of sale for personal property, on the ground of fraud and duress.
The complaint shows that plaintiff is a widow upwards of sixty-eight years old, of feeble understanding and limited business experience, and at the time of the execution of the instruments, was living alone, remote from friends or relatives, in ill health, and in a state of great mental depression and despondency; that at the urgent solicitation of the defendant, she verbally contracted to…
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