Whitehead v. Joiner

Jordan, Justice.

Glover Whitehead, appellant here, filed a petition in the Dooly County Superior Court, in which he alleged that a deed signed by him in 1959 was procured by fraud. Appellant asked that the deed be set aside, or, in the alternative, be adjudged an equitable mortgage with redemptive rights. A jury, after hearing evidence and being charged on the relevant principles of law, returned a verdict in favor of the defendant.

1. The motion to dismiss is denied.

2. Appellant’s first contention on appeal is that "the court below erred in failing to find, as a matter of law that the absolute…