Rand v. Rand

MILLER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Charles Rand, by this declaratory judgment action filed in the District Court, attacked the validity of inter vivos transfers of real estate and money between his brother, Ed Rand and his brother’s wife, M. A. Rand. Ed Rand died intestate and without issue on October 31, 1952.

The real estate transfer was as follows: On August 7, 1947, Ed Rand signed and acknowledged a deed conveying to his wife, M. A. Rand, 4,000 acres of land in Lewis County, Kentucky, and delivered the deed to the Clerk of the County Court. He gave a copy of the deed to Mrs. Rand at the…