Battle v. Rock

*4William Battle and Patty Battle were married in 1898. She was then about twenty-one years of age and he was seven years older. He took her to his home near Nashville, N. C., on the farm of J. W. Henry who had “near raised” him. In 1904 they desired to buy a small piece of land adjoining that of Henry for the purpose of making a home. They did not have the money to make the purchase. Mr. Henry loaned them, or one of them, it is not clear which, $95.00, without security, with which to make the purchase. They bought twelve acres and ten poles, which was conveyed to William A. Battle in 1904 for…