Anderson v. Richardson

Lucille Cobb Anderson, her three sisters and a brother, filed a bill in chancery seeking to set aside a deed of bargain and sale executed in 1950 wherein their sister, Jane Marshman, conveyed two certain lots with improvements thereon, located in the City of Newport News, to Elder J. C. Richardson, Elder J. Jenkins, and Elder W. Jackson, styled “Trustees for the Apostle Church of Christ in God.”

It was alleged that Jane Marshman, a widow, died intestate and that complainants were her only heirs at law. It was also alleged that the grantor was persuaded to sign the deed by undue influence; that…