Legal Opinion
Hertz v. Klavan
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 2, 1977No. 11000PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge:
On this appeal we are asked to review the action of the trial court, setting aside and cancelling a deed executed by a widow four months prior to her death in 1974 at ninety-eight years of age. We are satisfied that the trial court’s holding was legally appropriate and sufficiently supported by the evidence, and we therefore affirm.
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The deed in question was signed by the decedent in a hospital where it was brought to her by her nephew, appellant Jack Hertz. 1 It conveyed to Hertz and his wife the decedent’s residence. There was evidence that persons were hurriedly…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Compton v. AtwellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Blake Construction Co., Inc. v. American Vocational Association, Inc. And Riggs National BankCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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