Haney v. Clark

Appeal from Hunt. Tried below before the Hon. J. A. B. Put-man. This was a suit by appellee against appellant to cancel a deed made to appellant on the 26th of January, 1882, and to recover so much of the land therein conveyed as was still owned by appellant. Appellee claimed that the deed, though absolute on its face, was in fact made to better secure appellant in certain indebtedness due him by appellee, and which, at the time of the execution of the deed, was secured by deed of trust, with power of sale on the land. She claimed that there was a verbal agreement between her and appellant…