Manoogian v. Manoogian

The plaintiff and the defendant are brothers. The plaintiff appeals from a final decree dismissing a bill in equity to set aside a conveyance of real estate by their deceased mother to herself and the defendant as joint tenants. The evidence is reported and there is a report of material facts. The decision turns largely on oral testimony; and the trial judge, who saw and heard the witnesses, was in a better position to determine their credibility than are we from the printed record. His findings must stand unless found to be plainly wrong. Bamum v. Fay, 320 Mass. 177, 180. Jertson v. Hartley,…