St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance v. Walter

This is a suit in equity to cancel and set aside a trustee's deed executed by the trustee named in a deed of trust given to secure the payment of an indebtedness therein described. The second amended petition or bill upon which the case was tried, states that though plaintiff was the assignee for value, before maturity, of the notes secured by the deed of trust and the legal owner and holder of said notes and deed of trust, the trustee designated in said deed of trust without plaintiff's "knowledge, authority or consent" undertook in his capacity as such trustee to sell and convey the land…