Williams v. Church

This action was commenced by Alphonzo Williams against M. E. Church et ux., for cancellation of a deed.

In 1944 the defendant sold 30 acres of land to plaintiff for a consideration of $15,000. Plaintiff paid $5,000 in cash and executed a mortgage to defendant for the balance.

In March 1946, the plaintiff owed $7,~ 000 on the purchase price and was a year behind in the payments provided by the mortgage. After some negotiations between the parties plaintiff executed the deed in question and a bill of sale to certain farm machinery for which he received $6,000 from the defendant.

Upon the issues…