Bateman v. Preisser

The opinion of the court was delivered by '

Hopkins, J.:

The action was one to set aside certain deeds upon the ground that they had been procured through fraud and misrepresentation. Plaintiffs prevailed and defendants appeal.

*218The facts are substantially these: Samuel Bateman and his wife, Dora, had lived in Gray county for many years and had raised a family. In 1922, two sons (Ben and Charles) went to Wichita to attend a chiropractic school. While there they became acquainted with one Holt, with whom they went to live. Holt claimed to be possessed of certain supernatural powers and to be in…