Fletcher v. Fletcher

Hill, Justice.

In 1970, Henry Fletcher executed a deed conveying his only asset, 1,127 acres of land in Irwin County, to his brother, Jehue Fletcher. Both brothers are now deceased. This is a suit by the administratrix of the estate of Henry Fletcher to set aside the deed on the grounds of mental incapacity of Henry and undue influence by Jehue. The defendant, the widow of Jehue Fletcher, appeals from the judgment entered upon the jury’s verdict setting aside the conveyance.

The two brothers lived and farmed together all of their lives. Henry, born in 1896, never married. He died in 1976 at age…