Johnston City State Bank v. Sowell

Mr. Presiding Justice Edwards

delivered the opinion of the court.

In 1917, J. R. Sowell and Susie Sowell, his wife, became the owners, as tenants in common in equal parts, of a brick dwelling house and lot in Johnston City, which they afterwards occupied as their home. Appellant, Dora G. Peterson, and Lon Peterson, her husband, parents of Susie Sowell, resided in Florida, but would spend the summer months at the Sowell home, where they had a room fitted for their occupancy.

On July 18, 1930, the Sowells borrowed from appellee, Johnston City State Bank, the sum of $2,980, for which they gave…