Ralston v. Turpin
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL .PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA. Bill in equity. Decree dismissing tbe bill, from which complainant appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This suit was brought by the widow of the late James A. Ralston, Jr., to obtain a decree cancelling certain deeds of gift of real estate, executed by her husband to the appellee, George B. Turpin, as trustee for his children. The original bill, fileu August 7, 1883; sought this relief upon the ground that Turpin obtained the execution of the deeds by undue influence exercised by him over the grantor while the. latter was in declining'health, with a constitution seriously impaired by dis sipation, and by the suppression of facts that were within his knowledge, and which, in view of his…
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