Powley v. Lessard

This case is an appeal from a dismissal of a petition in equity brought by Robert Powley, the administrator of the estate of Esther E. Murphy, against William and Amanda Lessard seeking to set aside a real estate conveyance. Following trial before a Master, Charles T. Gallagher, Esq., the petition was dismissed and plaintiff’s exceptions were transferred by Douglas, J. We affirm the trial court’s decision.

On May 11, 1972, Mrs. Esther E. Murphy, an eighty-four-year-old widow from Jaffrey, New Hampshire, conveyed her 130-acre homestead to the defendants, William and Amanda Lessard, also…