Moran v. Beson
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from St. Clair; Tappan (Harvey), J. Bill by Laura G. Moran, administratrix of the estate of James N. Phillips, deceased, against Everett Beson and another to set aside a deed. From a decree for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWlEST, C. J.
This is an appeal from a decree setting aside a deed given by a father to his daughter and infant granddaughter. James Nelson Phillips owned a place on the St. Clair river. His wife was dead and his married daughter, Alice C. Beson, her husband and two children, lived with him. Moved by affection for his daughter Alice and her daughter Dorothy, and desirous of arranging for his care and support during his declining years and to have the personal attention of his daughter, on July 1, 1913, he executed a deed conveying his property to “Alice C. Beson and to Alice C. Beson as trustee for Dorothy…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lockwood v. LockwoodMichigan Supreme Court · 1900
- Lewandowski v. NadolnyMichigan Supreme Court · 1921
- Coe v. DickersonMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
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