Malbon v. Davis

James Davis filed a bill against Johnny T. Malbon seeking to cancel and annul a deed of bargain and sale dated December 28, 1943, whereby the plaintiff had conveyed to the defendant certain real estate consisting of seventeen acres, situated in the county of Princess Anne, Virginia. The bill charged that the defendant fraudulently induced and procured the plaintiff to execute the deed to the property in fee simple, under the pretext that it was a mere mortgage on the property securing a loan made by the defendant to the plaintiff.

The defendant answered and denied all allegations of fraud and…