Johnson v. Lee

On December 8, 1945, appellant, Charlie Johnson, was the owner of a tract of land in Claiborne County comprising approximately 35 acres, and on that date, he executed a deed of trust on the land to M.M. McFatter to secure an indebtedness of $2,100. He alone signed the deed of trust, representing himself therein to be a single man. The deed of trust was later assigned to Dannie Lee and was foreclosed and Dannie Lee became the purchaser of the land at the foreclosure sale, and the land was accordingly conveyed to him by the duly and lawfully appointed substituted trustee. At the time of the…