Hadden v. Thompson

Wyatt, Justice.

The plaintiff plants his case upon the contention that the deed executed by the plaintiff and the defendant to John H. Hadden was void, because (a) it was obtained by fraud; (b) it was never unconditionally delivered to the grantee; and (c) it appeared that the deed was prepared to be executed by three named grantors, and was not to be effective until such execution, and only two of the grantors signed the deed.

Irrespective of whether the evidence was sufficient to carry either or all of these issues to the jury, we think that the direction of a verdict was not error. Under the…