Askew v. Scottish American Mortgage Co.

The Scottish American Mortgage Company brought against Askew and Lane an action to recover a portion of a sum of money which the plaintiff had paid as taxes on certain lands, it being alleged that the defendants were liable to the plaintiff in the amount set forth in the petition. The case was submitted to the judge on an agreed statement of facts, the substance of which was as follows: E. M. Owensby was the owner of 1,400 acres of laud. In 1890, to secure the payment of a sum of money borrowed from the plaintiff, he made to it a deed, which was absolute on its face, to two tracts of land,…