Blackmore v. Thompson
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Lapeer; Dodds, J., presiding. Bill by Ellis Blackmore and others against George E. Thompson to set aside a deed. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Leonidas Dickérson died after noon and before one o’clock on Monday, July-17, 1905, from injuries received late in the afternoon of the previous Saturday. A horse had kicked a pitchfork, driving the fork handle against his side, producing, probably, a rupture of the liver and other internal injuries. Between nine and ten o’clock, on Monday, he executed a deed of land, running to defendant, an infant. Complainants are decedent’s heirs at law. The single question raised by the pleadings is whether this deed was intelligently executed and delivered. The case is not free from difficulty, and if…
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