Kar v. Hogan

399 Mich. 529 (1976)

251 N.W.2d 77

KAR

v.

HOGAN

Docket No. 56383, (Calendar No. 5).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued June 4, 1975.

Decided December 31, 1976.

Komjathy & Komjathy for plaintiffs.

Alton P. Shirley (George Stone, of counsel) for defendant.

LINDEMER, J.

This case involves an attempt to upset a deed between a woman and her husband on the ground that it was procured through undue influence.

Plaintiffs are the stepchildren of Julia Merkiel. Their natural mother, Helen Kar, died in 1914. In that same year Julia married John Kar, plaintiffs' father. She cared for his children as if they were her…