McKissock v. Groom
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Moniteau Circuit Court. — IIoN. I). W. SltACKLEKOEI), Judge. (1) Tbe mental faculties of William B. Groom were very mucb impaired. He was subject to tbe influence of tbe defendants and tbeir wives, wbo did not permit bim to escape tbeir watchful attention.
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Appeal from Moniteau Circuit Court. — IIoN. I). W. SltACKLEKOEI), Judge. (1) Tbe mental faculties of William B. Groom were very mucb impaired. He was subject to tbe influence of tbe defendants and tbeir wives, wbo did not permit bim to escape tbeir watchful attention. His free agency' was destroyed, and tbe wishes of defendants were substituted for tbe will of them father, Tbe influence exercised by defendants over tbeir aged father, mentally and physically infirm, constituted such control as to make tbeir acts, in tbe circumstances of tbe case, contrary to law, and tbe deed voidable at tbe…
1Opinion of the Court
BURGESS, I.
This is a suit by the daughters and .grandson of William B. Groom, deceased, against his two *463surviving sons, Valentine Groom and Thomas M. Groom, to set aside and cancel certain deeds executed by their father to them, by which he conveyed to them all of his land. The grounds upon which the deeds are sought to be set aside are the want of mental capacity upon the part of William B. Groom to make the deeds, and that they were obtained by undue influence on the part of the defendants.
On August 21, 1893, William B. Groom had a stroke of paralysis in consequence of which he was helpless…
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