Jones v. Welchner
James F. Jones sought to bring an action for tortious interference with inheritance and inter vivos gift against Cheryl Welchner. She allegedly interfered with gifts that her father Colonel Carl Welchner sought to make, before his death, to Jones who had befriended him. According to the complaint, Colonel Welchner intended to give appellant a 49 percent interest in a Carmel property held in trust and the money held in two bank accounts to facilitate the purchase of the remaining interest in that Carmel property. It alleged that Colonel Welcher suffered a stroke and was hospitalized and then admitted to Monterey Hospice. It further alleged on information and belief that Colonel Welchner was taken "against his wishes to Santa Barbara" and placed in an institution. The complaint averred that Cheryl Welchner isolated her father, "beset[] him verbally, coerced him to sign a document or documents prepared by an attorney at her direction, [and ]. . . caused the inheritance promised Plaintiff not to occur." It also averred that Cheryl Welchner "willfully interfered with her father's gift to Plaintiff by exerting undue influence, and duress on her father, and through fraud and misrepresentation."
The judgment is affirmed.
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