Scott v. Swank

This is a suit in equity to cancel a deed to a 160-acre farm in Johnson county, Nebraska, on the grounds of grantor’s incompetency and of duress by grantee and her agent. The district court canceled the deed and defendant appealed.

The appeal requires a trial de novo on the record made in the district court. Plaintiff, May Lena F. Scott, is the adopted daughter of Noah Swank, who was twice married, and his first wife. The Swank family of three, the foster parents and plaintiff, their adopted daughter and only child, formerly resided on the 160-acre farm in Johnson county, but they all moved to…