Deener v. Watkins

On February 17, 1928, W. D. Watkins was indebted to the Blanton Company, and, to evidence this indebtedness, on that date with his wife, Zula, executed a note secured by a deed of trust on an undivided one-fifth interest in two tracts of land situated in White County, Arkansas. Suit ivas brought for judgment on the note, and for foreclosure of the mortgage. W. D. Watkins died, and the suit was revived in the name of his heirs. An answer and intervention were filed, which in effect defended on the ground that W. D. Watkins, the mortgagor, had no interest of any nature in the lands mortgaged…