Hyatt v. Zion
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Lee county in a suit in chancery wherein the appellee, Maggie Zion, was the complainant, and the appellants and others were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The object of this suit, which was instituted by the appellee, Mrs. Zion, was to have set aside, so far as it affected her interests, a deed of trust executed by her and her husband, conveying a tract of land owned jointly by them, to secure the payment of a negotiable note made by her husband and held by the Pennington Gap Bank. The ground upon which she sought to have it set aside was the fraud of her husband in procuring her signature to, and her acknowledgment of, the deed of trust.
It clearly appears from the record that Mrs. Zion was induced by her husband to sign and acknowledge the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Henshaw v. BissellSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Repass v. RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1901
- Mercantile Co-Operative Bank v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
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