Gilham v. French

This suit was brought by the plaintiffs as heirs of Charles A. Gilham, deceased, to set aside a deed executed by the deceased a few hours before his death, whereby he conveyed the principal portion, if not all, of his property, real and personal, to the defendant, his business partner.

The grounds of the equitable relief prayed are the alleged mental incapacity of the grantor, at the time of the execution of the deed, to make a valid conveyance; undue influence of the defendant over the deceased, and consequent fraud in the procurement of the deed, and inadequacy of consideration to support…