Allore v. Jewell
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Eastern District of Michigan. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
This is a suit brought by tbe beir-at-law of Marie Genevieve Thibault, late of Detroit, Mich., to cancel a conveyance of land alleged to have been obtained from her a few weeks before her death, when, from her condition, she was incapable of understanding tbe nature and effect of tbe transaction.
*507The deceased died at Detroit on the 4th of February, 1864, intestate, leaving the complainant her sole surviving heir-at-law. For many years previous to her death, and until the execution of the conveyance to the defendant, she was seised in fee of the land in…
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