Bruno v. Bruno

The defendants Robert E. and Doris E. Bruno appeal from a judgment of a Probate Court in favor of the plaintiff, who is Robert’s aunt. The defendants contend that the judge’s ultimate finding that the deed conveying certain of the plaintiff s property in Douglas to the defendants was procured by undue influence is not warranted by his subsidiary findings. We agree. The judge’s factual findings may be summarized as follows. Sometime in late November of 1976, after Robert had made substantial repairs to the property which repairs the judge found to be worth $2,500, the plaintiff approached…