Summary
In Corbin v. Powell, 176 Md. 693, 4 A.2d 459, as here, Corbin, through a straw man, had property formerly in his name conveyed to himself and his wife as tenants by the entireties.
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[No. 16, January Term, 1939.]
Decided February 22d 1939.
Validity of Deed — Mental Incompetency.
In a suit to set aside deeds by which an aged colored man, since deceased, who was married to a wife nearly fifty years his junior, vested his property in their two names as tenants by the entireties, held that testimony by an eminent physician and by a distinguished alienist, who attended the man professionally and examined him on the day on which the deeds were executed, that he was then mentally incompetent, justified a decree setting aside the deeds, in spite of testimony by others, not wholly disinterested, to the contrary.
Decided February 22d 1939.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (DENNIS, C.J.).
Bill by William W. Powell, trustee under the will of Johnson Corbin, deceased, against Eliza Corbin. From a decree for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
The cause was argued before BOND, C.J., OFFUTT, PARKE, SLOAN, MITCHELL, SHEHAN, JOHNSON, and DELAPLAINE, JJ.
Josiah F. Henry, Jr., and Arthur E. Briscoe, for the appellant.
Robert C. McKee and William W. Powell, for the appellee.
Unreported cases.