Sims v. Hester

BROWN, Justice.

The original bill was filed by appellant to cancel a mortgage executed by her husband, L. N. Sims, and herself, to appellees on January 12, 1932, on the wife’s land, to secure an indebtedness contracted in the purchase of a pair of mules, on the ground that the debt was that of the husband.

The appellees denied the allegation of the bill that the debt was that of the husband, and alleged that it was the joint debt of said L. N. Sims and the complainant. The answer was made a cross-bill and prayed for foreclosure of the mortgage.

The testimony was taken on oral examination before…