Brown v. Weik

Because the majority opinion does not satisfactorily deal with the effect of weak*948ness of mind upon donative intent, I must respectfully dissent.

It is undisputed that the plaintiff suffered a stroke on September 15, 1979, and less than three weeks thereafter conveyed the property in question to the defendants. The defendants employed the surveyor, talked with the lawyer who prepared the deed, transported the elderly plaintiff to the lawyer’s office for execution of the deed, and immediately recorded the deed at the Register’s Office. At the lawyer’s office the plaintiff was physically unable…