Kirby v. Arnold
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from DeKalb Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Simpson. Bill by Lucy Arnold against A. Collins Kirby to set aside and annul a deed on the grounds of fraud and duress and inadequacy of consideration. Decree for complainant and respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The bill was'filed by complainant to annul an absolute conveyance of interest.in certain lots in Collinsville, DeKalb county, Ala., upon the grounds that the conveyance was obtained by fraud and duress, and that the consideration paid for the alleged purchase by the appellant was so grossly inadequate as to’ stamp the transaction as fraudulent.
The appellee was an ignorant negro woman, known by the name of Lucy Arnold or Lucy Walker, and at the time of the execution of the deed to the appellant A. Collins Kirby, she was living in Birmingham, Ala. *264The appellant was an intelligent man of…
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