Shillings v. Jones

STANLEY, Commissioner.

This suit was instituted in September, 1945, in the name of Mrs. Sophia Shillings to set aside a deed to property in Lexington which she had made in October, 1941, to her niece, Mary L. S. Jones, on the ground of undue influence and fraud; also, to cancel a power of attorney to draw upon a bank account and for an accounting of money withdrawn by the defendant. Ancillary relief was also prayed of the First National Bank and Trust Co. of Lexington.

The case has had a stormy career, it having been claimed that the plaintiff did riot authorize the suit and did not authorize…