Tate v. Holmes
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon. This was an action by Mary R. Tate and others, heirs at law of Eliza Francis, against Huida G. Holmes and Byron Z. Holmes, to set aside a conveyance from said Eliza Francis to the first-named defendant. Judgment was rendered for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
The appellants, as heirs at law of Eliza Francis, deceased, commenced a suit in the circuit court to set aside a certain conveyance made by the said Eliza Francis on January 21, 1890, conveying to Huida G. Holmes, one of the appel-lees, lots 3 and 4 in block 254 in the city of Portland, Or. It was alleged in the bill that Eliza Francis died on April 80, 1893, and that for a number of years prior thereto the appellees, the defendants in the bill, resided with her in her house, situated on said property; that they had control of her and of the said premises, and that she…
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