Hardin v. Russell

The appellees, plaintiffs below, brought suit in the Johnson Chancery Court to have certain deeds declared void and canceled. They alleged that William N. Russell, on the 18th day of March, 1924, made deeds to certain property to Susie Hardin and Olivia Acord; that, at the time he made said deeds, said Russell was afflicted with Bright’s disease, had been for some time, and was feeble in body and mind and incapacitated to transact any kind of business, and that, while he was in this condition, the defendants took advantage of his feeble and weak condition and induced him to sign the deeds. In…