Poynter v. Poynter

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Reversing.

Henry Poynter died a resident of Pulaski county in 1921 at the age of eighty-seven years. He left surviving him a number of children. His wife had died some years before. This suit was brought by nine of his children on February 2, 1922, to set aside a deed executed.by him to his youngest son, William Nelson Poynter, on May 1, 1919, on the ground that by reason of age and sickness the grantor was incompetent to make the deed and that it was obtained from him by William Nelson Poynter by undue influence. An answer was filed controverting the…