GIBBONS v. BRIMM Et Ux.

CROCKETT, Justice.

This case follows a familiar pattern. An elderly person, (in this instance the aunt, Catharine S. Gibbons) having some property and an unusual affection for a younger relative (her niece, the defendant, Hilda A. Brimm) conveys her property to her niece for which the latter is to provide her a home and care during the remainder of her lifetime; and as is fairly common in this type of situation, human frailties-cause the plan to go awry. At the time of 'the- agreement the plaintiff, ’ herein sometimes called Aunt Catharine, was aged 75 and in ill health; she owned a home1 and…