Zimmerman v. Bitner
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County, in Equity. This appeal was taken from a decree of the Court below (Boyjd, J.), setting aside and declaring null and void a deed made to the appellant. The case is stated in the opinion of this Court.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
This is a bill filed by the heirs at law of John Bitner to set aside a deed of gift made by him of a valuable farm, containing two hundred and ninety acres of land, which, with the exception of a few hundred dollars, constituted the entire property belonging to the donor. The bill alleges that the most intimate and confidential relations existed between the donor and donee, and that the *123deed in question was procured by the importunities and undue influence exercised by the latter over the donor.
Before proceeding to consider the law as applicable to cases of this kind, we shall refer briefly…
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