Hockenberry v. Cooper County State Bank

This is a suit in equity to set aside a judgment of the Probate Court of Cooper County, in favor of the two defendant banks for $82,316.81, upon a demand against the estate of A.T. Hockenberry, deceased, upon the ground that said judgment was procured by fraud. The trial court found for plaintiff and entered a decree setting the judgment aside. The defendant banks, now in possession of the State Commissioner of Finance for liquidation, have appealed from this decree.

[1] Since this case is in equity, it is considered de novo on appeal in this court, but we usually defer to the findings of the…