Drew v. Bouffleur

Citations

• 69 Wash. 610
• 125 P. 947
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 963

Syllabus

<p>Cancellation of Instruments — Deeds—Fraud and Duress-Evidence—Sufficiency. A claim of fraud and duress in securing a deed from the plaintiff in a settlement is not established, where there was evidence that she took the advice of counsel and executed the deed after being advised not to do so; that defendant’s threatened foreclosure of a mortgage placed her in no danger, and that she accepted the benefits accruing to her through the settlement and had not offered to return the same.</p> <p>Acknowledgment — Impeachment — Evidence—Sufficiency. A mere denial that a grantor did not acknowledge a deed she had signed is outweighed by the fact that she went before the notary for the purpose of acknowledging it, where there was other evidence that she actually acknowledged it.</p>