Pierpoint v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

This proceeding was instituted in the circuit court of Nodaway county, Missouri, to set aside a release of a deed of trust, to establish the same as a first lien against certain real estate and also to foreclose the same to satisfy a note described in the deed of trust in the principal sum of $9,000.00. The trial court granted the relief prayed for and all defendants appealed.

Because of a change of venue the case was tried in Harrison county, Missouri. We find little dispute in the record as to the principal facts. Plaintiff, Fannie B. Pierpoint, filed the suit as administratrix of the estate…