Southern Trust & Mortgage Co. v. Daniel

Mr. Judge Hickman,

of the Commission of Appeals, delivered the opinion for the Court..The basic question for decision in this case is the validity of a trustee’s deed executed by a trustee under powers contained in a deed of trust. The deed of trust was executed by Mrs. R. J. Daniel, respondent, a feme sole, to A. M. Costa, trustee, to secure the payment of a promissory note in the principal sum of $6,000.00 signed by Mrs. Daniel and two other persons and payable to the order of B. F. Henderson. It authorized the trustee to sell the land described therein upon default by the makers of the note…