Smith v. Thornhill

This suit was filed on December 10, 1924, by Sam T. Thornhill, “as next and best friend” of Minnie Lee Boven-der, a widow, against J. F. Smith and Mrs. Parlee Smith, a widow, to cancel a note for $1,500, dated October 2, 1924, together with a deed' of trust of even date with said note, given to secure its payment by Minnie Lee Bovender, in favor of Parlee Smith. For grounds of cancellation it was alleged that Minnie Lee Bovender, at the time she executed the note and deed of trust and continuously long prior,thereto, was of such unsound mind as to be utterly incapable of understanding the…