Hutchins v. Dowell

EAGLES, Chief Judge.

On 6 November 1993, Romie L. Ladd entered the hospital for cancer treatment. On 19 November 1993, he executed a general power of attorney naming his step-daughter, Defendant Virginia Dowell, as his attorney-in-fact. Within two weeks after being designated attorney-in-fact, Ms. Dowell retitled several of Mr. Ladd’s assets without his knowledge or permission.

Specifically, on 23 November 1993, Defendant Dowell executed a deed conveying Mr. Ladd’s residence to herself and her brother, Defendant Lynn Frye. Ms. Dowell then retitled Mr. Ladd’s 1987 Cadillac El Dorado in her own…