Colonial & United States Mortgage Co. v. Thetford

The statement in the brief of appellants of the nature and result of the suit contains nothing superfluous and leaves nothing to be added, and we therefore adopt it.

The first complaint is that the evidence was not sufficient to warrant the verdict finding the deed from J.B. Thetford and wife to Brook Beall to be a forgery as to the wife. This deed purported to have been duly executed by Thetford and wife in December, 1888, and was placed on record in January, 1889. Mrs. Thetford, testifying by deposition, positively denied the execution of the deed so far as she was concerned; but the officer…