Dent v. Merriam
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Reese. Wilkes superior court. May term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Tamah' Dent, as next friend of her mother, Amy Merriam, brought suit in Wilkes superior court against Osborne Merriam, husband of Amy. The petition alleges that Amy Merriam is old, feeble, and of unsound mind, being incapable of asserting her rights; that her husband, Osborne Merriam, being acquainted with her unsound mental condition, at a named time fraudulently induced her to convey to him title to a described piece of land; that Amy Merriam, at the time of signing this deed, was incapable of comprehending what she was doing, and has now no recollection of having signed it. The prayers of…
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