Tower Grove Bank & Trust Co. v. Duing

Appeal by plaintiff from a decree in the circuit court of the City of St. Louis in favor of defendants, Herman Duing and Edna Duing. The suit is in equity to set aside a deed executed and delivered to said defendants by Raymond J. Tombridge, as trustee, under foreclosure of a deed of trust on real estate. Being an action in equity we hear the case de novo. However, this court will usually defer to the findings of the chancellor unless satisfied that they are against the weight of the evidence. [Fessler v. Fessler, 332 Mo. 655, 60 S. W. (2d) 17, and cases cited.]

Briefly, the evidence shows:…