Flinn

August 5, 1922, Emma D. Potter, plaintiff’s mother, signed and acknowledged two deeds, purporting to convey real property to her husband, the defendant herein, who is the stepfather of the plaintiff. The first amended complaint contains three counts. The first and third counts allege mental weakness on the part of Mrs. Potter and undue influence on the part of the defendant. The second alleges that the deeds mentioned were never delivered. At the trial, “the attorney for plaintiff in open court withdrew the first and third causes of action stated in plaintiff’s first amended complaint and stipulated that plaintiff would go to trial on his allegations of the second cause of action, that said deeds were never delivered during the lifetime of the grantor. ’' Judgment was entered in favor of the defendant and the plaintiff has appealed.

The defendant testified that, without any request or solicitation on his part, his wife said “she wanted me to have it all what there was without any trouble”; that, at her request, he went with her to the office of a lawyer, where the deeds were signed and acknowledged; that immediately after leaving the office she handed him the deeds and said, “I…