Cooke v. Louisville Trust Co.

WADDILL, Commissioner.

Elizabeth Cooke filed this action seeking ■cancellation of a note and mortgage she ■executed and delivered to the appellee, Louisville Trust Company. The trial court refused to grant the relief sought and entered judgment accordingly. Mrs. Cooke has appealed.

The validity of the note and mortgage is challenged on the ground that they were executed without consideration. A proper evaluation' of this contention requires a review of the pertinent facts.

For several years prior to 1960, appellant’s husband, Thurston Cooke, had been transacting business with appellee in behalf…