Habersham Bank v. Merritt
Supreme Court of Georgia
Mortgage foreclosure. Before Judge J. B. Jones. White superior court. March 16, 1923.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
The Habersham Bank brought suit against Mrs. M. A. Merritt upon a promissory note, and prayed that the judgment thereon should be a special lien upon land conveyed by a deed to secure the payment of the note. The defendant admitted the execution of the note and deed, and that the bank was the owner and holder of the note; but pleaded that the note and deed were executed under duress; that she was at Cornelia, Habersham County, Georgia, visiting her daughter, who was quite ill; that on her arrival at Cornelia, Hamilton Kimsey, Esq., an attorney at law, came to her and represented to her that…
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