Dunkin v. Rice

The parties will be referred to as plaintiffs and defendants as they appeared in the trial court.

Plaintiffs are grandchildren of Sarah C. Dunkin, deceased, and are children of Sarah’s two daughters who had died prior to her death. The defendants are Sarah’s children who were living at the time of her death. Plaintiffs’ action was to cancel certain deeds made to defendants by Sarah shortly prior to her death. They asserted that the defendants prevailed upon their mother to execute the deeds to them at a time when she was mentally incapable. Plaintiffs recovered judgment in the trial court, and…