Hartsfield v. Williams

Appellees filed suit to cancel a mortgage. The mortgage was originally executed to secure the payment of notes aggregating $4,300.00.

The record shows that one Hartsfield advanced to the plaintiffs $5,298.00 for the construction'of a house on plaintiffs’ property. Plaintiffs executed to Hartsfield a warranty deed to secure the payment of the advances made to.'pay for the house. Plaintiffs were ignorant negroes; Hartsfield was an experienced and successful business man. The originahtransaction occurred sometime between the 1st and 26th day of January, 1926. Plaintiffs began making payments on…