Harman v. Blackstone

—The plaintiff states, in substance, that he loaned defendants, Lucas and Wilson, the money wherewith to purchase a lot in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, upon the express agreement upon their part to execute a mortgage on said lot to him as a security for such loan; that the lot was purchased by said defendants; that they thereupon executed a warranty deed to one half thereof to the defendant Blackstone, who had full knowledge of the facts above stated; that this deed to Blackstone, though absolute in form, was intended to secure a debt from the vendors to him which was now paid; that the…