Jeffreys v. Jeffreys

CRAWLEY, Judge.

Seeking rescission of a deed and damages for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, Eula Mae Jeffreys sued the trustees of her estate, which included an eight-acre tract of land.

Ms. Jeffreys alleged that one of the trustees, Clarence M. Jeffreys, had offered to buy that tract of land, excluding her home and one acre of land, for $3000. Ms. Jeffreys said she accepted the offer. When she went to the office of Clarence Jeffreys’s attorney to sign the deed, she said, she did not read the legal description of the property because that portion of the deed was covered with papers. She…