RALSTON v. TURPIN

No. 98.

129 U.S. 663 (1889)

RALSTON v. TURPIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 5, 1889.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W. Dessau and Mr. Clifford Anderson for appellant.

Mr. A.O. Bacon and Mr. John C. Rutherford for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought by the widow of the late James A. Ralston, Jr., to obtain a decree cancelling certain deeds of gift of real estate, executed by her husband to the appellee, George B. Turpin, as trustee for his children. The original bill, filed August 7, 1883, sought this relief upon the ground that Turpin obtained the execution of the deeds by undue influence exercised by him over the grantor while the...

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