Cramer v. Cramer

This is an action to set aside a transfer of property by an elderly person to a relative. On September 18, 1961, plaintiff, a widow, was the owner of 80 acres of farm land in Turner County, South Dakota, which she inherited from her husband. On that day she signed a warranty deed conveying the premises to defendants husband and wife as joint tenants, reserving a life estate. She moved to this farm when- she was married in 1916 and lived there for 42 years. In 1958 her husband died and she moved to a small town nearby. She had no children and apparently no close friends or relatives with whom…