Woolf v. Madison

Lyle Brown, Justice.

The appellants are the widow and nine of the ten children of Edgar Woolf, who died intestate in 1949. The appellees are the tenth child, Martha Madison, and her husband, Willard Madison. Appellants brought this action to cancel a deed to the Edgar Woolf homeplace wherein appellees were the grantees. Appellants asserted that one of the considerations for the deed was the agreement by appellees to care for the mother for the remainder of her life. Appellants cóhtéhded the responsibility was violated. The chancellor held that appellants did not meet the burden of proof…