Kirk v. Tackett

Spear, District Judge.

Action in equity to set aside a deed from Grant S. Ocamb to Celina Tackett, conveying a house and lot and 80 acres of land. Plaintiffs, appellants here, allege that the deed is void because of undue influence, the mental capacity of Ocamb, and because there was no consideration. The district court found for the defendants, appellees here.

Grant S. Ocamb, now deceased, was for years the owner *760of a small grocery store in Rulo, Nebraska, where he accumulated a comparatively small amount of property, although reputed to be a gotid business man. He had always been a bachelor,…