Loomis v. Loomis
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Tuscola; Beach, J. Bill by Francis W. Loomis and Josephine L. Reed against Charles W. Loomis for the cancellation of a deed. From a decree for defendant, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
The bill of complaint in this cause is filed to set aside a deed of a farm of 160 acres, dated October 31, 1904, made by Arvilla Loomis, grantor, to her son Charles L. Loomis, grantee. The deed in question reserved a life estate in the grantor and was drawn by one Charles W. Stacey, an employee or officer of a local bank. The grantor instructed the scrivener, Stacey, to retain possession of the deed, “and that if anything occurred to her, happened to her, to deliver this deed to Charles Loomis.” No further instructions were given by the grantor, and Stacey kept the deed until after her death,…
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