Johnson v. Sherrer

Atkinson, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The petition contained substantially the following allegations in reference to fraud: The grantor had resided in North Carolina for many years before the alleged deed was purported to have been executed, and was living there at that time was not familiar with conditions in Georgia, and did not know the value of the land and timber. If the deed was delivered, it was for the purpose of allowing the defendant to act as the grantor’s agent to sell the land: or the deed was procured by fraudulent means, in that for the purpose of deceiving the…