Heinecke v. Portus

Plaintiff, the daughter of Anna M. Isbell, deceased, is the administratrix of her estate and her sole heir at law.

On March 19, 1940, Mrs. Isbell executed a deed to certain property then occupied by her in the city of Pontiac naming defendant Prank Portus as the grantee. Mrs. Isbell died on April 21, 1940. Some two weeks before her death she gave this deed to a friend, Mrs. Christina Siminton, who attended her during her last illness. At the same time she gave Mrs. Siminton the recording fee and told her that, after she was gone, she wanted the deed put on record. Mrs. Siminton suggested that…