Ellison v. Lockard

Riley, Judge:

This is a suit in equity by W. M. Ellison, both as administrator and as distributee of the estate of W. A. Ellison, deceased, and others, to cancel an agreement purported to have been executed by W. A. Ellison and defendant, Edna Lockard, during the former’s lifetime, conveying all of decedent’s property to defendant in consideration of past and future services, on the grounds: (1) That the agreement was not executed by W. A. Ellison; and, if signed by him, (2) that it was at a time when he was mentally incompetent to do so. The trial court (as the final decree recites) found…