Scott v. Bishop

OPINION

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs Scott from a take-nothing judgment in suit to declare a warranty deed to be a mortgage; and to enforce an alleged option to repurchase thé property.

Plaintiffs Sarah Scott and husband sued defendants Arthur E. Bishop and son Arthur Patrick Bishop, alleging plaintiffs in 1940 acquired as their homestead a described house and lot in Dallas; that in 1959 *207plaintiffs borrowed money from Mitchell Cook, and in 1964 and 1970 they borrowed money from defendant Arthur E. Bishop, in all such instances pledging their homestead as collateral;…