Dumas v. Beasley

Head, Presiding Justice.

Marian Virginia Dumas brought an action against Walter V. Beasley and others, in which she sought the cancellation of a warranty deed executed by her to Beasley. She alleged that: Beasley represented her as her attorney in securing a loan to discharge certain indebtedness on her described property. On his representation that they were necessary in order to secure the desired refinancing, she signed various documents without reading them, relying on their confidential relationship as attorney and client. On January 7, 1959, she was asked by her attorney to see him at…