Butler v. Austin

TALIAFERRO, Judge.

The widow and heirs of Jesse Butler, deceased, prosecute this suit against defendant, L. N. Austin, to recover 50 acres of land in Sabine parish conveyed by deceased to defendant on November 18,1931, by notarial act of sale.

It is alleged by plaintiffs that said sale is null and void, and should be so decreed, for the reasons that defendant, with intent to defraud deceased, and in bad faith, by deceptive promises and threats, obtained his signature to said instrument; that in pursuance of said fraudulent purpose and intent, defendant sought to acquire said property without…