Umbstead v. Preachers' Aid Society of the Northwest Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

The appellants, residuary legatees and devisees of Nora E. Johnson, deceased, instituted this action to set aside deeds conveying real estate, and to cancel notes and after death bonds, all of which were executed by the appellants’ decedent prior to her death. The appellants also sought to recover money turned over to an alleged agent of appellee by the decedent.

The complaint was in four paragraphs. The first paragraph sought to quiet title to the real estate conveyed by the deeds referred to above. The second, third and fourth paragraphs of complaint alleged that the plaintiffs were cousins…