Gerlach v. Cooper

This is a. bill in equity to cancel a deed the execution of which was allegedly procured by fraud and overreaching. The defendants by cross-complaint sought possession of the land conveyed by the deed, the plaintiff having continued to occupy it up to the time of trial. The Chancellor rendered a decree for the defendants (a) declining to cancel the-deed and (b) directing issuance of a writ of possession in defendants’ favor. Plaintiff appeals.

The plaintiff, Miss Adelhied Gerlach, is an. elderly spinster who received conveyance of the land in question from a nephew on June 12, 1940. Her deed…