Strong v. Powell

This case comes here from the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, from a decree granting reformation of a void deed of trust given on the homestead by the husband but not signed by the wife. The question is can such a deed of trust be reformed. We hold that it cannot.

F. E. Powell and wife, Mrs. Bertha Powell, together with their trustee, filed suit against Ora Strong, the sole and only heir and widow of Jim Strong. The suit was also against Burwell Realty Company and B. B. McLendon, Jr., trustee. It alleged that F. E. Powell and wife were the beneficiaries in a deed of trust…