Shaffer v. Cowden

Citations

• 88 Md. 394
• 41 A. 786
• 1898 Md. LEXIS 205

Syllabus

<p>Vacating Release of Mortgage — Insufficient Evidence of Fraud.</p> <p>Plaintiff filed a bill to vacate a release to her nephew of a mortgage on a farm, alleging that she had been induced to execute it by his fraud and upon his assurance that she was becoming surety on a note. The plaintiff’s evidence was contradicted on all points by that of the defendant and the latter was supported by certain circumstances in the case. Held, that the plaintiff had failed to prove the allegations of the bill by a preponderance of evidence, and that the relief asked for must be refused.</p>