Wood v. Claxton

Jenkins, Presiding Justice.

The plaintiff by her petition sought an accounting as to the amount due the defendant, which, it was alleged, was secured by a deed absolute in form, attached to her petition, but which deed, she alleged, it was understood and agreed, at the time the deed was signed, was to operate as a security deed only, with the plaintiff grantor remaining in possession of the premises. The petition asked that the deed be cancelled upon the payment of the amount due to the defendant. These allegations, as to the execution of the deed absolute in form but with the understanding…