Corporation of Members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Watson
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District j W. 0. Hall, Judge. Action by the Corporation of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, residing in the Fifteenth Ecclesiastical Ward of Salt Lake Stake of Zion, against Helen Watson. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. APPELLANT'S POINTS. The deed upon which plaintiff relied had been before this court before and had been declared void, under the evidence introduced on that trial.
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Appeal from District Court, Third District j W. 0. Hall, Judge. Action by the Corporation of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, residing in the Fifteenth Ecclesiastical Ward of Salt Lake Stake of Zion, against Helen Watson. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. APPELLANT'S POINTS. The deed upon which plaintiff relied had been before this court before and had been declared void, under the evidence introduced on that trial. (25 TJtah 45.) The plaintiff without further or additional evidence introduced the same deed on this trial. Unless the plaintiff introduced…
1Opinion of the Court
McOAETY, L
This is an action by plaintiff in ejectment to recover possession of tbe North one-half of lot 4, in block 81, plat A, Salt Lake City survey and known as No. 21 South Fourth West street, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The defendant answered denying plaintiff’s title, upon the ground that the deed under which it claimed title was executed by the grantor while mentally incapacitated, and that it was procured by undue influence. Upon the trial a decree was entered for the plaintiff. On appeal to this court the case was reversed. (25 Utah 45, 69 Pac. 531.) A retrial resulted in favor of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Silva v. PickardUtah Supreme Court · 1896
- First National Bank of Hailey v. LewisUtah Supreme Court · 1896
- Charter Oak Life Insurance v. GisborneUtah Supreme Court · 1887
- Corporation of the Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. WatsonUtah Supreme Court · 1902
- Brimm v. JonesUtah Supreme Court · 1895
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- Helper State Bank v. CrusUtah Supreme Court · 1938