Fridley v. Somerville

Cox, Judge.

E. J. Somerville complains of a final decree entered by the circuit court of Mason county, in a chancery cause in which he is defendant and Charles L. Fridley is plaintiff. By the decree complained of, a deed absolute on its face, made by Fridley to Somerville, purporting to convejf 66 1-4 .acres of land in said county, was declared to be a mortgage securing to Somerville the sum of $150.00 with interest from the 13th day of December, 1904, and the further, sum of $13.12, the amount of taxes paid on the land by Somerville.

The sole object of the suit on the part of Fridley was to…