Crose v. Crose

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court;

This is an appeal by Floyd Crose from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Hancock County, which declared a deed to him from his father of a 303-acre farm to be invalid, void, and of no effect, because the father (plaintiff Willard W. Crose) did not have sufficient mental capacity to validly execute the deed and because the deed was executed as a result of undue influence exerted by the defendant, Floyd Crose, upon the plaintiff, Willard Crose.

The disputed deed was executed on August 25,1977, in the office of attorney Samuel Naylor…