Bradshaw v. McDonald

W. R. McDonald brought this suit against J. C. Bradshaw, Effie Marie Bradshaw, a minor, and her guardian, the South Texas Commercial National Bank of Houston, in form of trespass to try title for the purpose of establishing that a warranty deed McDonald had made to Bradshaw was a mortgage. The trial was to a jury, and upon a verdict favorable to McDonald judgment was rendered declaring the deed a mortgage and awarding the land to McDonald upon his repaying Bradshaw the net unpaid amount the jury found the latter had expended on the land described in the deed. The Court of Civil Appeals…