Hooks v. Booker

Plaintiff purchased of defendant a house and lot, and took a deed. Defendant remained in possession, plaintiff claiming that this was under an agreement of rental. Afterwards defendant refused to surrender the premises, claiming possession in her own right; further claiming that the purchase money had not all been paid, and that she signed the deed in ignorance of its contents and purport, supposing it was a bond for title, and being thereto persuaded by her husband. Plaintiff contended that the whole Of the purchase price had been paid, and that defendant fully understood the deed when made;…