Scully v. Wilhelm

Appellants, nephews and nieces of Mary Scully Fagan, brought this suit, as heirs of said Mary Scully Fagan, to -have her marriage to appellee, August Wilhelm, annulled, and to have four deeds from her, through the device of a “dummy,” to herself and Wilhelm as joint tenants, set aside. The amended complaint alleged that Wilhelm entered into a fraudulent plan or conspiracy to get into communication with aged and mentally weak women having considerable property, to pretend to court such women, and by false pretenses and various fraudulent means and undue influence, either by pretended marriage…