Walls v. Alexander

This suit was instituted in the Chancery Court of Calhoun County by Mrs. J. C. Alexander, appellee, against appellants, Mrs. Marie Walls and husband, O. C. Walls. The bill of complaint sought to vacate and set aside a cancellation on the records by Mrs. Alexander of a deed of trust from the Walls and a vendor’s lien which she held on a six-acre tract of land near Pittsboro. The gravamen of the complaint was that defendants obtained cancellation of these liens through fraud and undue influence when a substantial sum remained unpaid on them.

After hearing, the chancellor found for Mrs.…