Papke v. Pearson

Peterson, Justice.

In February, 1929, plaintiff, who was then 63 years of age and employed by a railroad, executed a deed conveying an undivided one-half of his home to Rose Stella Tillman, who lived in his home with her niece, the defendant. Miss Tillman died in 1933. Plaintiff sues to reform the deed so as to create a joint tenancy between Miss Tillman and himself and to cancel the deed as reformed. Miss Tillman made arrangements for the drawing of the deed. She went to a stenographer in a real estate man’s office and told her that plaintiff Avanted to give her one-half of his property and…