Tatum v. Riley

I,The defendant, Joseph Daniel Riley (“Riley”), pursuant to the authority granted to him under a power of attorney, donated his mother’s property to himself days before her death. His half-siblings (Kimberly Pee Tatum, Roy Pee, Timothy Pee, and Raymond Pee), the plaintiffs, filed suit to annul the donation on the grounds that it divested their mother of all her property and was not authorized by the power of attorney. Following a trial, the district court rendered a judgment in favor of Riley and dismissed the plaintiffs’ demands. Plaintiffs appealed. Finding no error in the district court’s…