Wynne v. Mixon

This was a proceeding by heirs at law of an estate to set aside several deeds to land, on the ground that the administrator of the estate fraudulently bought at administrator’s sale and subsequently conveyed the land as security to one who had knowledge of such fraud, and that such grantor had no valid title. The grantee denied notice of the fraud. That issue controls the case, although other relief was sought. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs. The defendant moved for a new trial on the general grounds, and on two special grounds. The exception is to the overruling of that…