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l ' . " GEO~GIA, FULTON COUNTY : . Uy name i s MRS • .TB.AN AKINS · and I l ive at 2583 Ashford. Road,N.E., ' Atlanta, Georgia. I had been the owner of the house and property at 1153 Third ~treat , N. W. property. since 1962 when my mother gave me said For the l ast f ive years I had been renting this house to Mrs. Georgia Jackson • . I charged her rent 0~_$50.00 per month and she had a l ways paid her rent on time mor~ or less. In February . of 1969 Mr. Tolbert, a Hous:mg Code Inspector, found that certain conditions exi sting in. and around this house at ·1153 Third Street, N.W. wer e violations of the Housing Code of the City of Atlanta . Apparently notice of these violations was sent to me by certified mail at my old address on Euclid Avenue from which I had just recenty moved. Apparent ly this written notice was no t forwarded to my new address, i.e., the house in which I now live. -~ In March of 1969 a Mr. Latham contacted me and informed me that the house at 1153 Third Stree t was in violation of the Housing Code , tha t he was t? replace Mr . Tolbert as the Housin~ ·Code Inspec t or on the case. Mr . Latham advised me that he ' estimated the cos t of repairs to be from 81000.00 to $1500.00. ~ I tol d Mr. Latham tha t I would rather sell the house than put this much money on r epair s . Mr. Latham then told me he knew ·of two or thre e people that he thought might buy the house but ,.' tha t they probably would not give me much money for . it. Mr. La tham said 'that he ,would contact these people, tha t they ~uld _come out anq look a t the house and then ca±l me. -Several · days later a Mr. R.D. Pa ttillo called me on the telephone and offered me ·ssoo.oo for the property. I asked him if he would give me $ 1000. 00 but he said it wasn ' t worth it. () On April 15, 1969 Mr . Pattillo and Mr . Latham came to house to close the deal. my Mr. Pattillo offered me $800. 00 and told me that there would be no closing costs, no pro-rating of t aJtes, or any expenses on my part whatsoever. Mr. Lathatn s a id he would handle the closing because he was a notary publio. - -----......!-~- - ~ - - : -.::::----=' ~-·---------- -------r.:;::=-----=-=-:c �-2- Mr . Pa ttillo gave me a ch·eck f or $800. 00 and I gave him a deed to t he pr oper t y which I had s i gned but he had pr epared. see the name of .tbe grantee on the deed. I did not I deposited his oheck in my bank account shortly ther eaft er and to the best of my lmowledge i t was a. good check, i. e . , i t was proper ly credi ted to my account and s till is . As f ar as I was concerned I thought I was selling that house at 1153 Third St r eet, N. W. to Ur. Patt illo and no one el se. At that time I believed , a s I do now, t hat I s old that house to Mr. Pa ttillo for much less t han the house and property were worth. Sworn .to and aubscri bed befor e me t hi s IC day of Zf.7. , 1969. --- notarY. .. " blio . • I Not<irv Puh!lc, Ge'.lrP,1::i , ~t,i ,, ~·· .Jvly, l.,villlll.,:;S,O n ,I:;.xj)il i;;S IVl <IJ ,·~·"'-< ~, , · -.· . Not ilry Public, Georr,ia, St ate at t.arge . My Comi:nlssron Expires May 17, 1970 .; '(, .... n • I �