Sarver v. Sarver

Citations

• 230 Pa. 60
• 79 A. 164
• 1911 Pa. LEXIS 562

Syllabus

<p>Deed — Fraud—Equity—Evidence—Confidential relation — Inadequacy of price.</p> <p>A deed from one brother to another for an undivided interest in real estate which had descended to the grantor and grantee and their brothers and sisters from their father will be set aside, where it appears that the value of the undivided interest was $8,500, and the cash consideration paid was $83.00, that the grantor had long been away from home leading a wandering life, and had no knowledge of the value of his share, that the grantee secretly discovered his whereabouts, and intentionally establishing a confidential relationship^ secured the deed by fraudulent representations as to the value of the land, and then secretly got the grantor away and withheld all information as to the transaction from his brothers and sisters for a considerable length of time.</p>