Truitt v. Becktold

H. L. Ferris, being indebted to B. W. Gilliam, made him a deed to a tract of land as security. Gilliam executed a conveyance of the property to his niece, Carrie Thummel. She conveyed the, land to Ferris, who paid her a part of the debt and gave her a mortgage for the remainder. This mortgage was assigned to W. B. Becktold, who brought suit to foreclose it. The administrator and heirs of Gilliam, who had in the meantime died, intervened and asked that the transfer from Gilliam to Miss Thummel be set aside as having been obtained by undue influence, and that the mortgage be held to belong to…