Graves v. Hutchinson

The plaintiffs are seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren of the defendant’s mother, Hazel Hutchinson (Hazel); they are also the nieces, nephews, *635grandnieces, and grandnephews of the defendant, who is Hazel’s only surviving child.

Following Hazel’s death in 1988, the plaintiffs filed an action in the Superior Court seeking rescission of a deed drafted by the defendant, an attorney, by which Hazel conveyed absolute title to certain real property she owned in Nantucket to the defendant, subject to a life estate she had reserved to herself. In their complaint and at trial, the…