Floore v. Moore

BRYAN, Circuit Judge..

This is an appeal from a decree canceling a lien upon certain real; estate created by a deed of trust from John W. Floore, Jr., to his mother, the appellant. Cancellation of the deed of trust was sought and decreed upon the grounds that it created a preference in favor of the appellant over other creditors of the same class, and that the appellant, through her son as her agent, had reasonable cause to believe that such preference would be created.

For at least ten years John W. Floore, Jr., had been appellant’s general agent' under a power of attorney authorizing him toi…