Hall v. Beavers

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Hall, the plaintiff in error, alleged that the note sued on was made by him to Beavers, the defendant in error, for the sole purpose of obtaining the cancellation of a security deed which the defendant in error was already under a duty to cancel and deliver to him, but refused to do so until the plaintiff in error executed the note in question for a pretended debt which he did not owe.

The evidence shows that Ha-11 had purchased a 50-acre tract of land, for which he agreed to pay $1500, that he paid $300 cash and gave three notes for $400 each, payable…