Wiley v. Martin

1. The acts of J. W. Wiley in purchasing the land and accepting the deed from the plaintiff were admissions of title in plaintiff. So also was the act of J. W. Wiley in executing the security deed to the plaintiff. While the debt was unpaid Wiley was estopped to deny the plaintiff’s title as security; and the debt being overdue, the security deed alone would be sufficient to support the plaintiff’s action of ejectment. The above is application of well-recognized principles of law that have been many times applied in this court. So the judge did not err in directing the verdict against J. W.…