BROWN v. WEIK


725 S.W.2d 938 (1983)

Ethelene BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald J. WEIK and wife, Carolyn H. Weik, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Jackson.

Application for Permission to Appeal Granted March 19, 1984.

Permission to Appeal Held Improvidently Granted February 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barret Ashley, S. Leo Arnold, Dyersburg, for plaintiff-appellant.

Melvin T. Weakley, Dyersburg, for defendants-appellees.


CRAWFORD, Judge.

This is an action by a 75-year old widow to set aside a deed of gift to a 6-acre tract of land. The plaintiff, Mrs. Etheline Brown contends that she did not have sufficient mental capacity to make the deed, and that she was subjected to undue influence by the defendants Donald J. and Carolyn Weik. The trial court sitting without the intervention of a jury found that the plaintiff was mentally capable of understanding her act, that the deed was made...

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