McMeen v. Whipple

This is an equitable action based upon fraud in the exchange of real estate. The defendants appeal from a decree finding fraud and directing a cancellation of deeds. A freehold is involved.

Defendant Walter E. Whipple, on Sunday, November 24, 1957, initiated negotiations with Marie Pohren for an exchange of a Fulton County farm in the name of his wife Florence, for a residence in the village of Wyanet. (While legal title to the residence was vested in plaintiffs Dolores V. McMeen and her husband Bruce as joint tenants, Marie, mother of Dolores, had an equitable interest in the property.)…