McRoberts v. Burns

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,

This is an appeal from the decree of the court below finding that the defendant Burns was not guilty of any of the alleged fraudulent aets complained of and denying the relief prayed for. Plaintiff filed a bill in equity to set aside a power of attorney which he alleged that Attorney Bradley McK. Burns, and the latter’s friend, Bingham S. Packard, fraudulently secured from him fifteen days after the death of plaintiff’s half brother, James McRoberts, who died intestate, unmarried, and without issue, seized of real estate valued at $129,160. Under the law the…