Simpson v. Ray

Atkinson, Justice.

1. A deed absolute in form may be shown to have been made to secure a debt, where the maker remains in possession of the land conveyed. Mercer v. Morgan, 136 Ga. 632 (71 S. E. 1075).

2. “Actual possession is notice to the world of the right or title of the occupant. Mercer v. if organ, supra; Bridger v. Exchange Bank, 120 Ga. 821 (56 S. E. 97, 8 L. R A. (N. S.) 463, 115 Am. St. R. 118) ; Austin v. Southern Home &c. Asso., 122 Ga. 439 (50 S. E. 382).”

3. “Where the owner of land executes a deed of the character mentioned in the first note, and remains in possession of the land,…