Barrera v. Gonzalez

POPE, Justice.

Whether a deed, absolute on its face, is in fact a mortgage is the subject of this appeal. F. C. Gonzalez, the grantee, sued Cruz Barrera, a widow, and her two minor children as heirs of his grantor, in trespass to try title. He recovered title to two city lots in Roma, Texas, in a trial before the court. Defendants urge that (1) the case should be rendered, since all the evidence shows that the deed from Barrera to Gonzalez was intended as a mortgage, or that (2) the case should be remanded because the judgment is against the great weight of the evidence, and (3) the court…