Woodville v. Woodville

Robinson, Judge:

This suit calls into question the validity of a deed made by Or. James L. Woodville to his son, Gary Breckenridge Woodville, on April 10, 1902, conveying the greater portion of the lands owned by the grantor, to the exclusion of his other children, it being alleged that such deed was obtained by undue influence. It is a suit of brother against brother, instituted after the death of the grantor. The circuit court held for the plaintiff, decreeing that the deed was made by reason of undue influence, and setting the same aside, and the grantee has appealed.

The grantor was a man…