Sherman's v. Keller

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Logan

Affirming.

The appellant instituted suit in the Harrison circuit court seeking the cancellation of two deeds executed by Mary Sherman conveying certain property in Cynthiana, Ky., to the appellee, Thomas H. Kellar. Mary Sherman was an old colored woman, and Thomas H. Kellar is a colored man. The grounds alleged in the petition as a basis for cancellation of the deeds are mental incapacity, lack of consideration, and fraud and undue influence practiced by the appellee upon her. Mary Sherman was the owner of a lot on which were situated four small houses. She…