Stephens v. Ozbourne

The bill in this cause was brought to annul and cancel a deed for fraud in procuring it. The Chancellor granted the relief sought and the Court of Chancery Appeals affirmed his decree.

The complainant, George Stephens, an ignorant old negro man, residing in the State' of Georgia, executed the deed in question to the principal defendant, Mrs. M. M. Ozbourne, an intelligent white woman of 'Knoxville, Tenn., and thereby he conveyed to her, for the consideration of $5, a piece of real estate in Knoxville worth $1,000. The transaction, on the part of the vendee, was conducted by her agent, who,…