FIKES v. LEE

No. 5-698.

280 S.W.2d 230 (1955)

Dick FIKES et al., Appellants, v. Croteal LEE, Next Friend, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 13, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Wills, Little Rock, for appellants.

George W. Shepherd, John W. Bailey, Little Rock, for appellee.


WARD, Justice.

This suit was instituted to cancel a deed on the grounds that the grantor lacked the necessary mental capacity and that the grantee, having knowledge of the grantor's mental condition, exercised over persuasion, fraud, duress and undue influence. The trial court decreed a cancellation on the ground of lack of mental capacity, hence this appeal.

Background facts. Henry Hamilton, a Negro 86 years of age at the time he made the deed in question...

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