Mayberry v. Clark

The purpose of this action, brought in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, was to have an accounting between the plaintiff and the defendant, and redeem certain real estate claimed by plaintiff and held by defendant in his own name as security for debts which plaintiff alleged had been paid.

In January, 1915, the plaintiff owed the defendant $1200, evidenced by a promissory note. At that time the plaintiff and defendant lived in Wood River, Illinois. One W. L. Layton had the record title to 400 acres in Wayne County, Illinois; the land belonged to plaintiff Mayberry. Layton was a clerk…