Lister v. Lister

This is a bill in equity to set aside certain deeds of real estate made by the respondent Margaret E. Lister to the respondent Mary A. Lister, which deeds the complainant alleges were in -disregard of his rights under the will of his father. The case was tried upon bill, answer, replication and proof before a justice of the Superior Court who made a decision and entered a final decree for the most part adverse to the claim of the complainant. The case is before us upon the complainant’s appeal from the final decree.

The respondent Margaret E. Lister is the mother of the complainant, and the…