Ulmer v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.

FUNDERBURK, Justice.

D. A. Ulmer, by next friend, and Mrs. Eula Ulmer, wife of D. A. Ulmer, brought this suit against John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company and J. V. Frizzell to recover 281¾ acres of land. Plaintiffs’ petition consisted of the usual allegations in an action of trespass to try title. In the alternative plaintiffs alleged substantially that on February 4, 1937, D. A. Ulmer was insane and “defendant John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company fraudulently induced the said D. A. Ulmer to execute and deliver to them an extension agreement [sic] of a purported deed of trust well…