Band v. Davis

This is a petition in equity brought in the Probate Court by the executor1 under the will of Albert DeLeon for the purpose of having certain instruments transferring real and personal property from DeLeon to the *19respondent declared null and void. The petition alleges that the instruments were obtained from DeLeon by means of fraudulent conduct on the part of the respondent; that no consideration was given by the respondent for the real estate; and that DeLeon “by reason of his advanced age and his mental and physical condition was unable to understand the nature and quality of his acts.”…