KEMP v. KEMP

No. 46484.

254 So.2d 876 (1971)

Linwood KEMP v. Mrs. Clara KEMP, by Mrs. Lucille Morton, Next Friend.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnett & Brooks, Carthage, for appellant.

James R. Allen, J.E. Smith, Carthage, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

There is no sound basis for this Court to hold that the Chancery Court of Leake County, Mississippi, erred in cancelling a deed executed by a 77-year-old widow, enfeebled by cerebral insufficiency, whereby she conveyed real property (reserving a life estate) of the value of $35,000.00 to her late husband's nephew for a consideration of $10.00 and some past favors of no particular monetary value. The Chancellor's decree is, therefore, affirmed...

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