Hatcher v. Hatcher
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. W. M. Robinson, Judge. (1) The trial court erred in finding for defendants and dismissing plaintiff’s bill. The proof was overwhelming that the deeds sought to be set aside were obtained by the defendants from plaintiff by fraudulent representations and undue influence and the decree should have been for plaintiff.
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Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. W. M. Robinson, Judge. (1) The trial court erred in finding for defendants and dismissing plaintiff’s bill. The proof was overwhelming that the deeds sought to be set aside were obtained by the defendants from plaintiff by fraudulent representations and undue influence and the decree should have been for plaintiff. The defendant, B. E. Hatcher, was her son and had been her business adviser ever since the death of her husband and was her agent for the transaction of her business, and had in his hands at and before the making of the deeds the land in…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is a suit to set aside four deeds made by plaintiff to defendants, two to each one of them for sixty acres of land, in all one hundred and twenty acres, in Jasper county. The first two are quitclaim deeds made in March, 1885. The last two are warranty deeds made in May, 1886. The petition was filed January 31, 1894. It alleges that the deeds were obtained by fraud and undue influence on the part of defendants. The trial resulted in the dismissal of plaintiff’s bill and a judgment in favor of defendants against her for costs. Plaintiff appealed.
On March 2, 1885, plaintiff was the owner of…
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