Calhoun v. Lumpkin

Willie, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by Julia A. Calhoun for the purpose of canceling a deed made by herself and husband to Wilson ¡Lumpkin, she alleging that it was a mortgage upon her homestead, executed since the adoption of the constitution of 1876, and therefore void. Watts was made a party defendant, because, as plaintiff alleged, he had, subsequently to the execution of the deed, purchased the premises of Lumpkin with full knowledge of plaintiff’s rights and of the character of the instrument under which Lumpkin held the property. Defendant Watts pleaded not guilty, suggested…