Griffin v. Mays

This is an appeal by plaintiff in error, defendant below, from a judgment of the district court of Creek county in an action brought by defendant in error, administrator of the estate of Joseph Mays, deceased, to cancel a deed. The parties will hereafter be referred to as in the trial court.

Joseph Mays, a resident of Creek county, past 90 years of age and bedfast at the time, gave a deed, signed by mark and witnessed, conveying to defendant, his housekeeper and nurse, 160 acres of land on which were five producing oil wells. The land was valued at from $15,000‘ to $18,000. Grantee placed this…