Tompkins v. Tompkins

This is a bill in equity filed by Henry Tompkins, who sues by Ellen Drake, his next friend, against Zack Tompkins, a son of the complainant, brought for the purpose of setting aside a deed executed January 8, 1910, as a cloud on the title of complainant, on the ground that at the time the deed was executed the grantor was of unsound mind and that the execution of the deed was procured by the undue influence of the grantee. The defendant answered the bill, denying that the complainant was the owner of the premises, that the complainant was of unsound mind at the time the deed was executed, and…