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Doyle v. WelchDoyle v. Welch

Wisconsin Supreme Court
May 24, 1898
Reporters:
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Before:
Winslow
Winslow, J.

The salutary rule that, where a voluntary conveyance is made ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‍by an aged person of his entire property, without consideration, to one who stands in a position of trust and confidence ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‍to him, under circumstances of se-*28erecy, tbe burden of proof is upon tbe grantee to show that tbe conveyance was untainted with ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‍undue influence or fraud, bas been frequently laid down by tbis court. Davis v. Dean, 66 Wis. 100; Cole v. Getzinger, 96 Wis. 559. Tbe county ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‍judge rightly concluded that tbis was sucb a case, and, being sucb a case, that tbe evidence was not sufficient to ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‍overcome tbe presumption of undue influence and fraud.

By the Court.— Judgment affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Doyle v. Welch
Court Name: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date Published: May 24, 1898
Citations: 75 N.W. 400; 100 Wis. 24; 1898 Wisc. LEXIS 193
Court Abbreviation: Wis.
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