Derbis v. Derbis

Plaintiff filed this action against his son and daughter-in-law to void a deed by which plaintiff and his wife conveyed to defendants the home of plaintiff but reserved in plaintiff a life estate, and to have the son declared a trustee of the property for the benefit of plaintiff and ordered to reconvey. The alleged grounds for the action were mistake, plaintiff’s ignorance, and violation of fiduciary relation by the son. In denying the relief sought, the trial court found that defendants had established the fairness and good faith of the transaction, that there was no mistake, that plaintiff…