Thompson v. Glinn

Opinion by

Judge Cofer :

June 24, 1863, the appellee conveyed to the appellant a tract of land- in Scott county, containing eighteen acres, for the recited consideration of $717.00 in hand paid. In August, 1871, she brought this suit to have said deed set aside and cancelled.

She alleged that before and at the time of making said conveyance, she was of unsound mind and incapable of making a valid contract; that the only consideration for the conveyance was a negro woman and her child, then not worth over one-third as much as the land; that in consequence of her mental condition she was incapable…