Martin v. Bane

BATEMAN, Justice.

The appellant Mary M. Martin, a feme sole, sued to set aside a deed by which she purportedly conveyed certain Dallas County real property to the appellee Lee S. Bane. She alleged that both her signature and that of the notary public who purportedly took her separate acknowledgment were forgeries, and that she had not acknowledged the deed or appeared before the notary for that purpose. By consent of the parties the case was submitted to the jury on only one issue: i. e., as to whether Henry Tirey, as notary public, signed the deed in question; and the jury answered that he…