Calhoun v. Dowdy

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

The only allegations of the petition which show grounds for the relief prayed are those relating to duress in the form of threats of bodily harm made by the authorized agents of the defendant. These are set forth in the statement of facts preceding this opinion. Although the threats to throw the petitioner into the river, at a time when she was alone with the defendant’s agents and approaching the river, if she refused to promise to execute the deed, were sufficient to constitute duress in that at the time there was an apparent intention and ability to carry out such…