Coulter v. Smith
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Cass; Des Voignes (L. Burget), J. Bill by Addie S. Coulter and another against Charles L. Smith and another to set aside a deed on the grounds of undue influence and mental incompetency. From a decree dismissing the bill, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The bill of complaint herein was filed August 23, 1918, to set aside and cancel a deed executed and delivered January 23, 1917, by Charlotte Smith, now deceased, to the defendant Charles L. Smith, upon the grounds that at the time of the execution and delivery of the deed the grantor was unduly influenced by the grantee, and also that the grantor was at the time mentally incompetent to execute and deliver the deed. The controversy is over a house and lot in the village of Cassopolis of the value of approximately $2,500, being the then homestead of Charlotte Smith. The case presents mainly…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- People v. BorgettoMichigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Lamb v. LippincottMichigan Supreme Court · 1898
- Blackman v. AndrewsMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
- Jacox v. JacoxMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
- Pritchard v. HuttonMichigan Supreme Court · 1915
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