Dyer v. Johnson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action for the purpose of having a deed decreed to be a mortgage and for the determination of financial matters pertaining thereto.

The defendant, Melissa J. Johnson, held the title to 80 acres of land in Linn county by a deed of general warranty from the prior owner, one Edgar Goss of Arizona. The defendant, who is the aunt of plaintiff’s wife, is a woman of some financial means. About 25 years ago she loaned' the plaintiff, W. J. Dyer, the entire purchase price of a farm, permitting him to *340take the title thereto, and she took a…