Pool v. E. H. Chase & Co.

Citations

• 46 Tex. 207

Syllabus

<p>1. Fraud—Separate acknowledgment of married women.— A married woman cannot avoid a deed to which her separate acknowledgment appears to have been taken by a competent officer, in the terms of the law, on account of the deception and fraud practiced on her by her husband in procuring her signature;; or the failure of the officer to acquaint her with the contents of the instrument, in the absence of evidence tending to charge those claiming under the deed with notice.</p> <p>2. Parol evidence.—Parol evidence is admissible, to show that the articles enumerated in a receipt given hy the agent of the creditor were never, in fact, delivered to the agent, and this, though the instrument on its face specified that the articles are “hereby turned over and delivered ” to the agent.</p>