Santos v. Morgan

BAUGH, Justice.

W. L. Morgan, independent executor of the will of Pennie Santos, deceased, brought this suit to set aside two deeds dated December 5, 1942, and January 2, 1943, respectively, conveying certain lands in Fayette County, Texas, to Manor Santos. The grounds alleged were mental incapacity of Pennie Santos at the time; fraud and overreaching by the grantee, her son; undue influence exerted by him over the grantor; and duress. In addition to special exceptions, plea of valuable consideration paid by him, and general denial, appellant by cross-action sued the devisees named in Pennie…