Chaffee v. Sorensen

This is an action to quiet title to real property and to cancel a deed executed by plaintiff’s deceased husband to his daughter, defendant Alice V. Sorenson, and for other relief. From an adverse judgment plaintiff has appealed.

Plaintiff and Ira Chaffee were married on October 11, 1944, when she was 59 years of age and Chaffee 74. The latter had three children by his first marriage—the two daughters who are named as defendants and a son. Chaffee was possessed of separate property valued at about $100,000. In April, 1946, Chaffee purchased with his separate funds the property which is the…