Pinkham v. Pinkham

The present controversy arises over the title to certain real estate claimed by appellants, as heirs, and by the appellee, as grantee of one Calvin Pinkham, now deceased. The validity of the instrument under which appellee claims title is challenged ón the ground of fraud and undue means in its procurement, and it is also averred in the petition that it was executed in anticipation of the death of the grantor as a final disposition of his property, and that, after recovery, he sought to revoke and cancel the same, but was prevented from so doing through fear of bodily harm at the hands of the…