Edwards v. Hudgins

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a suit to set aside a deed on the ground that the grantor did not have sufficient mental capacity to understand the nature and consequences of her act in signing it, at the time of its execution.

Plaintiff, Dr. Walter T. Edwards, is the son and sole heir of Mrs. Virgie Edwards. Mrs. Virgie Edwards was a widow 68 years of age (in 1956). She ha'd lived most of her life in Cleburne, Texas; had suffered a stroke 17 December, 1955; moved to Ft. Worth in December, 1955; and was living in Ft. Worth (where her only son lived), on 29 October, 1956. About 27 October,…