Marshall v. Marshall

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Isaac E. Marshall executed a deed purporting to convey a tract of land to two of his sons and the wife of a third son, but reserving a life-interest in the grantor. About two years later he began a suit to set aside the deed, alleging that his signature had been procured by the fraudulent representation, believed and relied upon by him, that the instrument contained a provision making it revocable at his pleasure. Issues were joined and tried, the testimony being largely oral. The court found generally for the *314defendants and rendered judgment…