Oswald v. Newbanks

Maggie Oswald filed a bill in the circuit court of Effingham county against James F. Smith, Jr., and his grantees, C. A. Newbanks and Tillie Newbanks, to declare null and void, as a forgery, an instrument purporting to be a deed which was executed by the complainant on February 27, 1928, conveying certain lots in the city of Effingham to James F. Smith, Jr., which was recorded in the recorder’s office of Effingham county; to cancel such record, to declare the title to the property to be in the complainant, and for general relief. An answer was filed and an issue of fact was submitted to a…