Kelly v. Allen

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This is a suit in chancery seeking the rescission of a deed from a mother to a daughter upon the grounds of fraud and undue influence. The Chancellor dismissed the complaint and the Court of Appeals reversed. In our view the Chancellor reached the correct results. Accordingly, we reverse the Court of Appeals. 1

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Respondents challenge a quitclaim deed executed by Susie McBride Allen on May 10, 1975, conveying to her daughter, Geraldine A. Kelly, a tract of real estate situated on Summer Avenue, in Memphis, upon the grounds of fraud, misrepresentation, undue influence, lack…