Lee v. Thompson

On June 1, 1928, appellee, Elizabeth Celeste Thompson, unmarried and at that time eighteen years of age, executed a note and mortgage to Union Mortgage Guaranty Company, payable June 1, 1933, and bearing interest at the rate of seven per cent, per annum. On January 18, 1934, by mesne assignments said note and mortgage came into possession of appellant, who on February 19, 1934, filed his bill to foreclose. The defendant filed her answer in which she admitted the execution of the note and mortgage and default in payment, but interposed the defense that she was at the time a minor, under the…