McGuckin v. Kline

The Chancellor.

The bill states in substance that Edmund B. MeGuckin, •on the 23d of April, 1860, was indebted to James B. MeGuckin in the sum of $2,000, for money lent and adyanced; that, in order to secure payment thereof, the former gave to che latter a deed of that date for an undivided third owned by him of certain land and premises described in the bill; that the deed, though absolute on its face, was intended for a mortgage; that it was acknowledged and was recorded as a deed on the 25th of April, 1860; that ¡afterwards, Edmund B. MeGuckin, he being still the owner in fee of the third…