Howell v. Howell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. New trial. Undue influence. Want of capacity. Admissions. Declarations. Cumulative testimony. Before Judge Davis. Gwinnett Superior Court.
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Equity. New trial. Undue influence. Want of capacity. Admissions. Declarations. Cumulative testimony. Before Judge Davis. Gwinnett Superior Court. March Adjourned Term, 1871. Mary Howell, formerly Mary Haney, widow of Evan Howell, deceased, Archibald Howell, William M. McAfee and his wife, Mary E. McAfee, formerly Mary E. Howell, Clark Howell, Jackson Graham, and his wife, Julia Ann Graham, formerly Julia Ann Howell, A. T. Abbott, and his wife, Savannah Abbott, formerly Savannah Howell, filed their bill against Singleton G. Howell, containing substantially the following material allegations:…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was a bill filed by the heirs-at-law of Evan Howell, to set aside deeds executed by the said Evan, in his lifetime, conveying certain lands described therein to his son, Singleton G. Howell, oh the alleged ground of the want of sufficient mental capacity of said Evan Howell to execute the same, and on the further ground, that said deeds were procured to be executed by undue and improper influence exercised by the said Singleton G., over his father at the time the deeds were executed. On the trial of the cause the jury found a verdict for the complainants. A motion…
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