Townsend v. Townsend

Marvel, Vice Chancellor:

This action seeks the setting aside of a deed executed by Fannie B. Luff. Under the terms of the deed in question, which was executed and acknowledged on December 30, 1954, she conveyed the fee to her farm and home to her now deceased grandson, William Luff Townsend, through whom his widow, the defendant Marie Louise S. Townsend claims an interest in the property so conveyed.

On November 3, 1954, Fannie B. Luff, who was then 86 years of age, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke following which she spent seventeen days in the hospital and several more days in the…