Reid v. Singer M'fg. Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 6. — SUIT BY MAGGIE REED AND ANOTHER AGAINST THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO. TO SET ASIDE A DEED. — Appeal from Pulton Circuit Court.. E. J. Bugg, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals — QUESTIONS MADE AND AUTHORITIES RELIED UPON. We contend: First: That the record in this case shows J. M. Reid to have been of unsound mind, non compos mentis, and a lunatic at the time of the execution of the deed.
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CASE 6. — SUIT BY MAGGIE REED AND ANOTHER AGAINST THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO. TO SET ASIDE A DEED. — Appeal from Pulton Circuit Court.. E. J. Bugg, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals — QUESTIONS MADE AND AUTHORITIES RELIED UPON. We contend: First: That the record in this case shows J. M. Reid to have been of unsound mind, non compos mentis, and a lunatic at the time of the execution of the deed. Second: That appellee knew of his mental condition, at the time the deed was executed. Third: That appellee was guilty .of fraud, in procuring the execution of the deed and did.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Lassing
Affirming.
This suit was brought in the Fulton circuit court by appellant Maggie Reid and her daughter, Katie Reid, the wife and child and only heir at law of J. M. Reid, deceased, for the purpose of setting aside a deed which had been executed by J. M. Reid and *54appellant Maggie Reid to the Singer Manufacturing Company on December 1, 1899, by which they conveyed to.said company '2,880 acres of land in the Mississippi river bottom. The petition, in substance, alleges that at the time of the execution of this deed J. M. Reid was of unsound mind, and' by reason…
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