Moore v. BROWN BY AND THROUGH SIMMONS

This is an appeal from a judgment setting aside a conveyance of 55 acres based on a finding of undue influence and inadequate consideration. Henry and Catherine Moore appeal, arguing that the trial judge erred in finding that the conveyance, made to them by Minnie Lee Brown in consideration of $3,000 plus payment of a $1,860.20 debt owed by Ms. Brown, was made as a result of undue influence. We affirm.

Ms. Brown, according to the evidence provided by both parties, was a poor woman, uneducated and illiterate. She inherited approximately 80 acres from her father; that property had been mortgaged…