Jordan v. Cousins

Kenna, President:

This proceeding was brought in the Circuit Court of Greenbrier County by Lydia Seams Jordan against Georgia Cousins for the purpose of setting aside a deed executed by Alex Crawford, a colored man about eighty years old, dated the 1st day of June, 1943, and conveying to Georgia Cousins a house and lot in the town of White Sulphur Springs, the bill of complaint alleging that on the date the deed was signed by Crawford and the date borne by the certificate of acknowledgment, June 4, 1943, the grantor was mentally incompetent and subject to the undue influence of the grantee,…