Bachrach v. Bachrach

The question involved in this appeal is whether or not the trial court erred in holding that the deed from Jamison, trustee, to the appellant, Isaac Bachrach, conveying a house and lot in the city of Boanoke, which was absolute on its face, was in fact a mortgage to secure a debt due to him from the appellee, Mrs. Ida Bachrach.

It appears that the appellee, in the year 1889, purchased the said house and lot, for which she agreed to pay the sum of $725. She paid $250 in cash and assumed the payment of certain notes evidencing the balance of the purchase money due from her vendor. The payment of…