Colwes v. Meyer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 99, Oct. T., 1921, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1920, No. 1301, dismissing bill in equity, in case of Mable Louise Colwes v. Frank P. Meyer et al. Bill in equity to cancel deed. Before Ford, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Bill dismissed. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Plaintiff and her sister were the owners of the premises No. 5440 Center Avenue, Pittsburgh, subject to the life estate of their mother. On July 19, 1915, with her mother and sister and the latter’s husband, she joined in conveying the property, through an intervening trustee, to her brother-in-law for the nominal consideration of fl. Upon the death of her mother, four and one-half years later, plaintiff repudiated the transfer and filed the bill in this case to have the deeds annulled and set aside, alleging that, at the time of their execution, she was a morphia addict to such…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- MacDougall v. Citizens National BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
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