Adkins v. Morgan

J. Seaborn Holt, Associate Justice.

This is a suit to foreclose a mortgage. For reversal of the decree appellant says: “(1) This is a simple foreclosure action, (2) A deed must be construed most strongly against the grantor, and (3) The agreement between the plaintiff and defendant was for sale by the acre.”

Appellee, Ava Morgan, on May 4, 1953, borrowed $7,500 from appellant, Merle Adkins, giving as security for the loan a mortgage on some business property known as the “Rock-A-Way Court”. This property is described in the mortgage by metes and bounds description. On August 11,1955, Mrs.…