Bayliss v. Williams
Tennessee Supreme Court
EROM MEMPHIS. These causes were heard together, before Chancellor William M. Smith, at the - Term, 1867'; when there was a decree for the complainants, and an appeal by the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtHeney G. Smith, J.
The complainants are the heirs of Abram Bayliss. They exhibit this bill against the defendant, Williams, to set aside a deed of conveyance of lands made by them to him; the equity alleged, is, that Williams stood in a relation of trust and confidence to them in respect of the lands, and obtained the deed from them by “undue influence.-” At the time the conveyance was made, a suit was pending between the complainants and creditors of their deceased father, whereby the creditors sought to subject the lands to the payment of the debts of the father. Upon the conveyance being made, Williams took…
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