Grimsley v. Singletary

The main issue upon the trial of this case was, whether the defendant, Caroline Cowart, was induced by the fraud of the plaintiff, Singletary, to execute to him the conveyance of the land in question, upon which conveyance the plaintiff relied for a recovery. It appeared from the evidence, that Caroline was an illiterate negro and was unable to read; that the plaintiff wrote the' instrument, in his store at Blakely, Ga., and delivered it to her with direction that she go to the office of the clerk of the superior court and sign it in the presence of the clerk and another witness, which she…