Ketchum v. Cook

This suit involves the validity of certain deeds wherein Mrs. Maggie Crow is grantor and the appellant herein, Beal Ketchum, an heir of Mrs. Crow, is the grantee. The deeds reserve a life estate in the grantor. Subsequent to the death of Mrs. Crow, the appellees herein, also heirs of Mrs. Crow, filed suit to set aside the deeds alleging they were procured by undue influence, that Mrs. Crow was mentally incapacitated at the time of the execution of the deeds, and that there is not a sufficient description in the deeds to convey title.

Ketchum denies the above mentioned allegations and alleged…