Latham v. Udell

Complainant filed her bill to set aside certain deeds, with a life lease and bill of sale, made by her deceased father, Nathan Udell, in December, 1875, on the grounds of non-delivery, incompetency, fraud and undue influence.

Nathan Udell died in May, 1876, from the effects of a cancer in the face, which had afflicted him for a considerable time, and which by degrees had eaten away a part of his face so as to seriously interfere with his speech, and ultimately with his sight.

On the 24th of December, 1876, he made a life lease to his wife of his real estate, with a bill of sale of most of the…