Todd v. Hanna

Mrs. Blanche Todd maintains that her signature to the deed involved in this suit was procured through misrepresentation, in this: That she was led to believe that the paper which she signed was not a deed, but a mere statement that would aid in the collection of the Linn mortgage. About Hanna and his agents’ coming to her home for a settlement, she testified:

“Then Mr. Kindt drew out a paper from his pocket and without unfolding it at all he asked me just to sign that, as it would help them to get their money. Now, mind, he said I would sign that paper, and I maintain now it was—it was graft…