Jones v. Hazen

James Hazen, plaintiff below, executed a warranty deed to certain mountain lots, with a house thereon, to Lloyd S. Jones and Florence M. Jones, his brother-in-law and sister, respectively, and received from them the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars.

Approximately a year thereafter, plaintiff tendered to defendants the above-mentioned sum, together with a further sum to reimburse them for expenditures which they had made for taxes and improvements, and demanded the reconveyance of the property, which defendants refused, claiming that the deed received from him was an absolute conveyance in…