Burnham v. Burnham

This action is brought to set aside, as a cloud upon plaintiffs’ title, a paper purporting to be a deed of the real estate described in the complaint, executed by Eebecca Jones, and placed- in the hands of Stephen C. Medbery, with certain instructions as to the delivery of said deed. The plaintiffs are the sisters and the only heirs at law of Eebecca Jones, who died in March, 1905; and, unless the deed in question is a valid conveyance to Arthur W. Burnham, the plaintiffs are the owners of the real estate in question.

In 1898, Eebecca Jones took to Mr. Medbery a deed of the real estate in…