Smith v. McMahon

These consolidated appeals challenge a decree of the trial court which set aside gifts made to defendants by Josephine Boss, deceased, during the last years of her lifetime. One of the cases was against defendant Thomas D. McMahon only. The material evidence was the same in respect to both defendants. Plaintiffs are sisters of defendant Thomas McMahon. They will benefit by the cancellation of the gifts.

Thomas D. McMahon was a nephew of Josephine Boss. The evidence revealed that she looked to him with affection and confidence. Prior to 1953, Mrs. Boss, her husband, and a sister of Mrs. Boss,…