Todd v. Sykes
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from the Law and Chancery Court of the city of Norfolk pronounced June 1, 1897, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellant was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This is an appeal by Charles H. Todd from a decree of the Law and Chancery Court of the city of Norfolk setting aside as fradulent and void eight deeds made by Lucinda Todd to her son, the appellant, conveying to him the entire real estate owned by her. The deeds were attacked by appellee, Josephine Sykes, a half sister of appellant and a daughter of Lucinda Todd by a former 'marriage, and the grounds upon which the attack was made were that the deeds were without consideration, and were obtained by the grantee by fraud, deceit and undue influence. Three of the deeds are dated April 30, 1895,…
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