Legal Opinion

Giles v. Hodge

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided September 24, 1889PublishedCited by 8 opinions

APPEAL from the Superior Court of Milwaulcee County. The case is stated in the opinion. The defendants appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtOrton, J.

This action was brought by John Giles, by his guardian, to set aside, cancel, and annul two certain deeds, one executed by the said Giles to his daughter Nelly Hodge on the 6th day of June, 1887, of lot 7, in block 13, in the First (but now the Eighteenth) ward of the city of Mil*362waukee, and the other executed by the same grantor to his daughter Mary Hiehards, on the same day, of lot 8, in the same block and ward, on the ground that said deeds were procured by fraud and undue influence from the said Giles, he then being incompetent from great mental weakness and incapacity.

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Shailer v. BumsteadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  2. Comstock v. Hadlyme Ecclesiastical SocietySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1830
  3. Terry v. BuffingtonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
  4. Van Deusen v. . SweetNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  5. Ashcraft v. De ArmondSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Pigeon's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
  2. Small v. ChampenyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
  3. McAllister v. RowlandSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
  4. Loveland v. BogliolioCalifornia Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Yount v. YountIndiana Supreme Court · 1896

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