Howard v. Rayner

On April 10, 1935, the appellant, as half-brother and heir of Ella Wofford, brought this action against the appellee alleging in effect that appellee had procured a deed to certain lands in Crittenden county by reason of undue influence exerted upon the grantor, an aged negro woman, who at the time did not understand the legal effect of her act, but intended only to authorize appellee, her attorney, to more effectively handle her affairs. There was the further allegation that notwithstanding such fact and in repudiation of the trust reposed in appellee, he claimed to be the absolute owner of…