Kar v. Hogan

The issue is whether a *547conveyance of a farm should be set aside on account of undue influence.

Plaintiffs Edward W. Kar and Irene Altshuler are the surviving children of John and Helen Kar. Helen died in 1914 when Edward was two and Irene six.

John married Julia soon thereafter. They had no children, and she reared Edward and Irene as her children.

The farm was purchased by John and Julia as tenants by the entireties in 1917. John died in 1951 at 68. Julia was 56. The farm was fully paid for.

A little over a year later Julia married Edward Merkiel, a retired municipal employee. They lived on the…