Toner v. Hubbard

HORTON, Judge.

The final decree appealed from adjudicated a deposit receipt agreement and deed between appellants Edwards and Toner void and that the instrument purporting to be a conveyance of real property to ap-pellees, Hubbard and Carr, was a deed absolute and not a mortgage. The decree further quieted title to the real property in appellees, Carr and Hickey.

On May 17, 1951, Edwards, then the fee simple owner of certain real property, joined by his wife, executed a deed of said property to Hubbard and Carr, attorneys. Prior to this conveyance, Hubbard and Carr had handled various legal…