Dixon v. . Osborne

The evidence was to the effect that plaintiff, Mary Dail Dixon, owned a large body of valuable land near the city of Raleigh, N.C. about three or four hundred yards from the corporate limits, on highway No. 50 — U.S. 1 (Wake Forest Road), the hard-surfaced highway going through the property. On same were a grist mill in operation (a miller in charge) and a brick house with 13 rooms, in which plaintiffs lived. The land was cultivated by tenants.

The plaintiffs made application through the agents in Raleigh, N.C. of the Guaranty Title and Trust Company, of Norfolk, Va., to borrow $15,000 on the…