Legal Opinion
Butler v. Harrison
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 13, 1990No. 87-1033PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Chief Judge:
Appellants, beneficiaries under Mrs. Hattie Harrison’s will, appeal from the denial of their request to set aside the April 8, 1982, quitclaim deed signed by Mrs. Harrison on the ground that she lacked the necessary mental capacity and was unduly influenced by her husband to transfer the real property to herself and to him as tenants by the entirety. We affirm.
I
Mrs. Harrison, her husband, and her son, Edward C. Calhoun, acquired 1426 C Street, N.E., as joint tenants in 1946. By quitclaim deeds dated December 7, 1973 and January 31, 1974, Mr. Harrison and Mr. Calhoun…
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- MacMillan v. KnostCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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