Allen v. Leflore County

Citations

• 78 Miss. 671

Syllabus

<p>1. Deeds. Divress. Husband and wife.</p> <p>A deed executed by a wife to a county, purporting to convey her lands in payment of a sum due by her husband as a defaulting officer, is void if the same be coerced by declarations of the district attorney to the effect that her husband would be sent to the penitentiary if it were not executed.</p> <p>2. Same. Statute of limitations. Suit for land.</p> <p>An action of ejectment to recover lands conveyed by a wife under duress is not barred by limitation if begun within ten years after the duress ceases to be operative.</p>