Raymond v. Flint
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on September 9, 1914, by the administrator of the estate of Elizabeth B. Dow, late of Somerville, and described in the opinion.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on September 9, 1914, by the administrator of the estate of Elizabeth B. Dow, late of Somerville, and described in the opinion. The case was tried before Brown, J., who framed and submitted to a jury the following issues, to which the jury returned the answers opposite each: “1. Was Elizabeth B. Dow at the time of the execution of the deed and trust agreement of sufficient mind and understanding to make the same?” The jury answered, “No.” “2. Was said Elizabeth B. Dow at the time of the execution of the assignment of deposit or order on savings bank…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
This is a bill in equity brought in 1914 to set aside a deed made by Elizabeth B. Dow to the defendant, Frederick W. Flint, to cancel an agreement of trust and to have declared null and void an assignment of three bank books made to him. Questions were submitted to the jury, who found that Elizabeth B. Dow at the time of the execution of the deed, the agreement of trust, and the assignment of the bank books was not of sufficient mind and understanding to make the same, and that they were procured by the undue influence, fraud, duress or coercion of Frederick W. Flint.
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