Ashworth v. Cole

On October 7, 1941, Cynthia A. Powers filed her bill in chancery alleging that until 1939, she was the owner of six tracts or parcels of land in Bristol, Virginia; that on February 22, 1939, she conveyed the property to Love B. Rouse, trustee, to secure a $2,000 note payable to Reed Thomas three years after date; that on August 9, 1941, although the said note was not due, the trustee had improperly advertised and sold the property under the deed of trust; that it had been purchased by A. E. Cole, to whom a deed had been made by the trustee; and that Cole, although he had acquired no valid…