Hayward v. Arnold

KENNEDY, Judge.

Nelson W. Hayward, trustee of the Emma Smith Memorial Trust, and his wife, Fairy R. Hayward, brought suit to set aside deeds executed on March 19, 1981, by Nelson W. Hayward and Pearle I. Dowler, trustees of the Emma Smith Memorial Trust, conveying two parcels of real estate in Independence, Missouri.1 One of the properties, located at 1709 Hands, was conveyed to Shannon Arnold, to whom Hayward mistakenly thought himself married. The other property, located at 332 East South, was conveyed to Stephen S. Arnold, the minor son of Shannon Arnold. A third tract was also deeded to…