Ranes v. First National Bank

HATHAWAY, Judge.

Arthur Ranes and his wife, Kathleen, defendants in the superior court, have appealed from an order in favor of the appellee bank requiring them to execute a quit claim deed of a parcel of property which they received by virtue of a deed of gift. The order was predicated upon the court’s findings that a confidential relationship existed between the donor, Allan J. Chandos, and the defendants-donees, and that the gift was procured in violation of the confidential relationship.

Mr. Chandos, a man of advanced age, and defendants were very close friends, and as a result of such…