Britton v. Myles

This is an action to reform credit deed by plaintiff to defendant as regards the price, the rate of interest and whether from date or maturity on the deferred portion of the price. The act of sale is in notarial form, having been passed before Mr. W.F. Pipes, Notary Public in the City of Monroe, Louisiana, on March 22, 1939. The facts of the case are unique.

Plaintiff is an illiterate colored man and was seventy-eight years old when the deed was passed. The record reflects that he has been frugal and industrious. Through these practices he has accumulated material substance of a value far in…