Paul v. Livestock State Bank

On the Merits.

(241 Pac. 56.)

McBEIDE, C. J.

This is a suit brought to set aside certain deeds and bills of sale given by plaintiffs to C. H. Leonard and later to W. H. Craven on the ground that the same were procured by fraud, threats and duress. The particular threats alleged being, the grantees in said instruments threatened, that unless plaintiffs executed said instruments, the grantees therein would prosecute James H. Paul for a felony and cause him to be sent to the penitentiary.

While a long-detailed history of the transactions between the parties would be unprofitable, an outline thereof…