Earls v. Johnson

ALLEN, Judge.

The defendant appeals a final decree that cancelled and set aside a warranty deed to a farm and a bill of sale for animals, upon the ground that the defendant failed to establish that the transfers were free from undue influence. The chancellor also held that there was no valid inter vivos gift of the subject properties.

The amended complaint, filed by the heirs, of William Harmon Johnson, deceased, alleged that the warranty deed and the bill of sale, dated January 31, 1963, which transferred decedent’s farm and all horses, and cattle to the defendant, were null and void by reason…