Johnson v. Ford

The original bill in this cause was filed on August 21, 1920, by the Tennessee Eastman Corporation and J. Fred Johnson, in his own right and for the use and benefit of the Tennessee Eastman Corporation, against J. D. Ford, Mattie E. Ford, his wife, Mabel Todd, only child of J. D. and Mattie E. Ford, and J. C. Todd, her husband, for the purpose of recovering the sum of $15,000, with interest, which the bill alleged was paid to the defendants without consideration and under duress of property.

The controversy grew out of the following state of facts, to-wit: J. Fred Johnson, as president of the…