Isett v. Maclay
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 295, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Huntingdon Co., May T., 1917, No. 222, dismissing bill in equity in case of H. C. Isett v. Ellen C. Maclay. Bill in equity for the cancellation of a deed. Before Bailey, P. J. The court dismissed the bill. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was the decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This bill in equity was filed to secure the cancellation of a deed on the ground of fraud. In February, 1914, Mrs. Margaret C. Isett, a childless widow, 83 years old, residing on her farm in Huntingdon County, entered into a contract with her niece, Ellen C. Maclay, a trained nurse living in Philadelphia, that the latter should give up her profession and reside with and care for the former during the balance of her life, for which Miss Maclay was to have all of Mrs. Isett’s property, including the farm, worth about $4,500 and $6,000 in personalty. All of which…
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