Thuet v. Thuet

Herein Alphons Thuet, joined by his son and an adopted child of a deceased daughter, challenged the validity of a deed from his wife, delivered after her death, to a surviving daughter.

Plaintiff Alphons Thuet and his wife Lena were married in 1892, and the latter died January 19, 1951. In 1902 Lena acquired title to a parcel of land of about fifty acres, in part at least as a gift to her from a member of her family. They built a residence and other improvements on the property through the years and it has been the family residence ever since. For long Alphons was a wage employee at a brewery,…