Townsend v. Morton

Doris Townsend and her husband, Richard Barchard, appeal the final judgment rendered in favor of Harold Morton and his wife, Elizabeth Morton, in a suit filed by Townsend and Barchard seeking, among other remedies, rescission of three deeds executed by Townsend conveying a certain tract of property to Morton and his wife. 1 Because the uncontested evidence at trial established Morton tricked Townsend, his mother, into signing a third warranty deed transferring the property in fee simple, we reverse in part the portion of the final judgment denying Townsend’s claim for rescission of that deed.…