Martin v. Rochelle
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
Lyle Brown, Justice.
This suit was initiated by appellant, Margie C. Martin, against her sister and the latter’s husband, Mavis Cochrell Rochelle and James Arthur Rochelle, appellees. During his lifetime, H. K. Cochrell, the father of the two girls (his only heirs), conveyed forty acres of land to Mavis and her husband, James. Margie sought to set aside the transaction on the grounds of (1) lack of adequate consideration, (2) mental incapacity of H. K. Cochrell to make the conveyance, and (3) undue influence exerted over the father by ap-pellees. On appeal Margie contends she should have been…
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