Edwards v. Williams
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
GRISSOM, Chief Justice.
’Mrs. Mollie Edwards 'filed this suit on April 29, 19SS. She sued her half-brother, Fred B. Williams, to cancel á deed executed by the mother of both to her son, Fred B. Williams, on March 2, 1926, and to partition the land so conveyed between plaintiff and defendant. Plaintiff alleged that her brother exercised undue influence on their mother, who was elderly, unable to read and write and incapable of handling or knowing the consequences of business transactions, and thereby procured a conveyance of the' mother’s interest in the land; that for several years afterwards…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Stewart v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
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