Forbes

Forbes v. Ring

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1933 Cal. LEXIS 571·218 Cal. 726·24 P.2d 460
Supreme Court of CaliforniaAugust 30, 1933Docket No. Sac. 4748.California913 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Preston, J.

The question here i~ whether the evidence sufficiently supports the findings and whether the findings support the judgment.

The cause involves a controversy between half-sisters over a purported division of property made to them by their mother during her last illness and it follows the general trend of a family quarrel with contradictory testimony given by the opposing parties.

Plaintiff seeks the cancellation of a deed made by the mother conveying certain real property to defendant and in her complaint she alleged that at the time said deed was executed the mother was over seventy years of age, ill, infirm, of such unsound mind as to be wholly incapable of transacting business and had for two days prior thereto been in a state of coma from which she never regained consciousness ; that defendant, who lived with the mother until her death, well knew her condition, but, with the intention of cheating and defrauding plaintiff out of her share in said property and, taking advantage of the close and intimate relation with her mother, procured her to execute and deliver said deed without knowledge of plaintiff and immediately placed it of record.

The cause was heard by the court…

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