Commercial Credit Co. v. Davis

In this case the complainant brought suit to foreclose a mortgage, the defendants answered, each interposing a defense that the mortgage was procured by duress, the complainant through its agent and representative threatening to arrest and prosecute R. Davis, the mortgagor, for a criminal offense in connection with the handling of certain automobiles as a dealer, unless R. Davis and his wife would execute a mortgage to secure the payment of the amount owed by Davis and his partner, Walker, to Commercial Credit Company.

Upon final hearing the decree was in favor of the defendants, the court…