Wilson v. Winters

J. T. Wilson, now deceased, in Ms lifetime sold to the defendant, Winters, a tract of land in Cheatham County, for which the latter paid in cash the sum of $900.00, and executed his three purchase money notes to mature in the future. Upon receiving the cash payment and the notes, the vendor prepared a deed by which he and his wife conveyed the property to Winters, reserving a lien only to secure the notes. This deed was in proper form and was duly signed by J. T. Wilson, who was the owner of the land.

The grantee, however, desired that the wife of the grantor should join her husband in its…