White v. Ward

Complainant filed her bill in chancery, in the Jefferson circuit court, against Ward and wife, the appellees, to set aside and cancel a deed made to them, when, as the complainant avers, John C. Ward, one of the defendants, bought the land •with her money, and fraudulently took the deed to himself and his wife, when it should have been made to Mrs. White.

Ward’s defense is, that complainant was owing him, and besides was in debt to his wife for money unaccounted for, while she was guardian of Mrs. Ward; and that Mrs. White, the complainant, assigned her bond for title to Ward, and directed her…